a revolutionary approach to baseball and its statistics /
John Thorn and Pete Palmer with David Reuther ; foreword by Keith Law
Third edition, enlarged
xx, 432 pages :
illustrations ;
23 cm
"Originally published by Doubleday & Company, Inc. in 1984"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references
The music of sphere and ash -- What's wrong with traditional baseball statistics -- The new statistics -- The linear weights system -- There's no place like home -- The theory of relativity and other absolute truths -- The good old days are now -- The book ... and the computer -- Rising to the occasion -- 44 percent of baseball -- Measuring the unmeasurable -- What makes teams win -- Great single-season performances -- The ultimate baseball statistic -- Rumblings in the pantheon