Wizardry baseball's all-time greatest fielders revealed
The systematic analysis of baseball statistics, often called ""sabermetrics,"" has evolved in recent years to resemble something of a science, attracting fans from diverse professional and educational backgrounds, all fascinated by the analysis itself and its insights into the ga...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, [England] ; New York, New York :
Oxford University Press
2011.
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Edición: | 1st ed |
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798167306719 |
Sumario: | The systematic analysis of baseball statistics, often called ""sabermetrics,"" has evolved in recent years to resemble something of a science, attracting fans from diverse professional and educational backgrounds, all fascinated by the analysis itself and its insights into the game. But one problem has defied solution: estimating runs saved by fielders throughout history. Traditional statistics include errors and plays made, but not hits that could or should have been prevented. The latter can now be estimated using records of the location of every batted ball, but the underlying data exists o |
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Notas: | Includes index. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (427 p.) |
ISBN: | 9780199793020 9780199792481 |