{"product_id":"baseballs-alltime-best-sluggers-adjusted-batting-performance-from-strikeouts-to-home-runs-9780691171111","title":"Baseballs AllTime Best Sluggers  Adjusted Batting","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Baseball fans, ever fascinated with statistics, should enjoy rifling through this information-packed work.\"--Library Journal \"Michael J. Schell has produced what may be the most rigorous effort yet to compare baseball players from various eras. And in the process, he has offered a tantalizing suggestion that steroids may not have affected the game as much as many people assume.\"--Christopher Shea, The Boston Globe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface ix  Abbreviations xi  Chapter 1: Fair Ball!: Why Adjustments Are Needed 1      PART ONE: The Methods      Chapter 2: Manager's Game Plan: Method for Identifying the Best Batters 11  Chapter 3: New Ball!: Historical Changes in Offensive Events 28  Chapter 4: Calling It a Career: Examining Player Aging 45  Chapter 5: Talent Search: Measuring the Spread in Player Performance 58  Chapter 6: Home Park Advantage: A Closer Look at Park Effects 69      PART TWO: The Findings      Chapter 7: Swing, Batter!: Adjusting Batting Average 101  Chapter 8: Hit ... and Run: Adjusting Double and Triple Totals 108  Chapter 9: This One's Outta Here!: Adjusting Home Run Totals 118  Chapter 10: Changing the Score: Adjusting Run and RBI Totals 131  Chapter 11: The Count: Adjusting Walk and Strikeout Totals 149  Chapter 12: Stealing the Show: Adjusting Stolen Base Totals 162  Chapter 13: Putting It All Together: First, a Look at Traditional Measures 168  Chapter 14: Fantasy League: Baseball's Best Batters 177  Chapter 15: The Players Take the Field: Accounting for Player Position 189  Chapter 16: Final Score: Updates for the 2004 Season 204  Chapter 17: Post-Game Report: Conclusions 209      APPENDICES: Statistical Methods  A The Piecewise Linear Regression Method 219  B Moving Average Smoothing of Data 226  C The Multiple Changepoint Regression Procedure 228  D How to Estimate Ballpark Effects 235  E Transformations of Offensive Event Averages 247  F How to Adjust for Doubles and Triples 257  G Predicting Runs and RBIs from the Batting Record 260  Adjustment Data  H Regular Player Event Averages 265  I Event Performance Spreads 266  J Event Park Effects 267  K Home Run Park Effects 284  Player Results L Best Individual Seasons 297  M Best Careers 327  N Adjusted Career Offensive Averages 356      Glossary 380  References 387  Player Index 389","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403828765015,"sku":"9780691171111","price":28.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/baseballs-alltime-best-sluggers-adjusted-batting-performance-from-strikeouts-to-home-runs-9780691171111","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}