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This book discusses the history of catching and catchers and employs sabermetric formulas to rank the 50 greatest catchers since 1920. Also included is a chapter on catchers of the 19th century, deadball era, and Negro Leagues, whose statistics are either incomplete, inaccurate, or produced under markedly different conditions and rules.

Backstop A History of the Catcher and Sabermetric

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      Publisher: McFarland & Company
      Publication Date: 12/27/2005 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780786421770, 978-0786421770
      ISBN10: 0786421770

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      Book Synopsis
      This book discusses the history of catching and catchers and employs sabermetric formulas to rank the 50 greatest catchers since 1920. Also included is a chapter on catchers of the 19th century, deadball era, and Negro Leagues, whose statistics are either incomplete, inaccurate, or produced under markedly different conditions and rules.

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