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xii, 187 pages : 24 cm Explores the history of statistical analysis in baseball, how it can best be used today, and how it must evolve for the future "From the front office to the family room, sabermetrics has dramatically changed the way baseball players are assessed and valued by fans and managers alike. Rocketed to popularity by the 2003 bestseller Moneyball and the film of the same name, the use of sabermetrics to analyze player performance has appeared to be a David to the Goliath of systemically advantaged richer teams that could be toppled only by creative statistical analysis. The story has been so compelling that, over the past decade, team after team has integrated statistical analysis into its front office. But how accurately can crunching numbers quantify a player's ability? Do sabermetrics truly level the playing field for financially disadvantaged teams? How much of the baseball analytic trend is fad and how much fact? The Sabermetric Revolution sets the record straight on the role of analytics in baseball. Former Mets sabermetrician Benjamin Baumer and leading sports economist Andrew Zimbalist correct common misinterpretations and develop new methods to assess the ef

Author

Benjamin Baumer; Andrew Zimbalist

Publisher

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780812209129

Subjects

Sports, Anthropology, Lifestyle

Rating

4.4 / 5 (66 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14