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Baseball´s All-Time Best Hitters: How Statistics Can Level the Playing Field
Michael J. Schell
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Paperback. Challenges the traditional list of all-time hitters, which places Ty Cobb first, Tony Gwynn 16th, and includes just 8 players whose prime came after 1960. Here, the author argues that the raw batting averages used as the list's basis should be adjusted to take into account that the hitters played in different eras, with different rules. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 halftones. 39 line illus. 69 tables. BIC Classification: WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 342.
Tony Gwynn is the greatest hitter in the history of baseball. That's the conclusion of this engaging and provocative analysis of baseball's all-time best hitters. Michael Schell challenges the traditional list of all-time hitters, which places Ty Cobb first, Gwynn 16th, and includes just 8 players whose prime came after 1960. Schell argues that the raw batting averages used as the list's basis should be adjusted to take into account that hitters played in different eras, with different rules, and in different ballparks. He makes those adjustments and produces a new list of the best 100 hitters that will spark ... Read more
Tony Gwynn is the greatest hitter in the history of baseball. That's the conclusion of this engaging and provocative analysis of baseball's all-time best hitters. Michael Schell challenges the traditional list of all-time hitters, which places Ty Cobb first, Gwynn 16th, and includes just 8 players whose prime came after 1960. Schell argues that the raw batting averages used as the list's basis should be adjusted to take into account that hitters played in different eras, with different rules, and in different ballparks. He makes those adjustments and produces a new list of the best 100 hitters that will spark ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
369g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691123431
SKU
V9780691123431
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About Michael J. Schell
Michael Schell is Professor of Biostatistics at the University of North Carolina and Director of the Biostatistics Core Facility at the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is the author of "Baseball's All-Time Best Sluggers: Adjusted Batting Performance from Strikeouts to Home Runs" (Princeton) and has published more than 100 research articles on statistics and cancer.
Reviews for Baseball´s All-Time Best Hitters: How Statistics Can Level the Playing Field
"[A] trenchant attempt to reorder the hierarchy... [Schell's] calculations produce a new all-time greatest hitter, revealed in sometimes breathless prose."
Joseph Kahn, New York Times "[Schell] has provided a wealth of baseball trivia and statistics. The style of writing is engaging and often lively and, in fact, encourages continued debate over the data and conclusions presented. The text will undoubtedly become ... Read more
Joseph Kahn, New York Times "[Schell] has provided a wealth of baseball trivia and statistics. The style of writing is engaging and often lively and, in fact, encourages continued debate over the data and conclusions presented. The text will undoubtedly become ... Read more