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Curve Ball: Baseball, Statistics, and the Role of Chance in the Game
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Curve Ball: Baseball, Statistics, and the Role of Chance in the Game Hardcover - 2001

by Jim Albert; Jay Bennett

To real baseball fans, statistics are indispensable. But how useful are baseball stats as tools for evaluating a player, choosing a strategy, or predicting a winner? In this lively, thought-provoking look at the numbers and the game, the authors examine just what is learned from baseball statistics. They show that statistics is not just a powerful tool of analysis and prediction, but a pleasurable and informative pastime in its own right.


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This revised and updated softcover edition of the 2001 SABR-Award- winning original edition works with new baseball data. An index will be added.

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  • Title Curve Ball: Baseball, Statistics, and the Role of Chance in the Game
  • Author Jim Albert; Jay Bennett
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Us Edition
  • Pages 410
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Copernicus Books, New York
  • Date 2001-06-08
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Glossary
  • ISBN 9780387988160 / 0387988165
  • Weight 1.47 lbs (0.67 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.66 x 6.4 x 1.11 in (24.54 x 16.26 x 2.82 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Baseball
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001017397
  • Dewey Decimal Code 796.357

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Citations

  • Choice, 02/01/2002, Page 1082
  • Library Journal, 09/15/2001, Page 106
  • Publishers Weekly, 06/25/2001, Page 69
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2001, Page 66
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