Books

From Sabermetrics

Contents 1 Sabermetric-focused 2 Sabermetric-leanings 2.1 Review of past seasons 2.2 Preview of upcoming season 3 Sabermetric-tangents 3.1 Economic or Financial 4 Sabermetric History

Sabermetric-focused

(Most or all of the book is viewed through the lenses of sabermetrics.)

• The Book: Playing The Percentages In Baseball. Tango, Lichtman, Dolphin.
• Baseball Between The Numbers. Baseball Prospectus.
• The Bill James Baseball Abstract (annually 1977-1988). Bill James.
• Historical Baseball Abstract. Bill James.
• Whatever happened to the Hall of Fame?. Bill James.
• Mike Gimbel's Player and Team Ratings Annual. Mike Gimbel.
• The Hidden Game of Baseball. John Thorn, Pete Palmer.
• Curve Ball. Jim Albert, Jay Bennett.
• Baseball By the Numbers. Willie Runquist.
• Baseball Scoreboard (annual). STATS Inc.
• Percentage Baseball. Earnshaw Cook.
• Baseball's All-Time Best Hitters:How Statistics Can Level the Playing Field. Michael J. Schell.
• Baseball's All-Time Best Sluggers:Adjusted Batting Performance from Strikeouts to Home Runs. Michael J. Schell.

Sabermetric-leanings

(Parts of the book are viewed through the lenses of sabermetrics. Most of the book is grounded around sabermetrics.)

Review of past seasons

• The Bill James Handbook (annually 2003-present).
• The Bill James Player Ratings Book (annually 1993-1995). Bill James.
• The Baseball Book (annually 1990-1992). Bill James.
• Baseball Dynasties: The Greatest Teams of All Time (2000). Rob Neyer and Eddie Epstein.
• Winners: How Good Baseball Teams Become Great Ones. Dayn Perry.
• The Diamond Appraised. Craig Wright and Tom House.
• Hardball Times Annual. Hardball Times.
• Graphical Player. John Burnson

Preview of upcoming season

• Baseball Prospectus (annually 1996-present).
• Baseball Forecaster Annual. Ron Shandler.

Sabermetric-tangents

(Has a limited section inspired by sabermetrics.)

• Cheater's Guide to Baseball. Derek Zumsteg.
• Saving The Pitcher. Will Carroll.
• Moneyball. Michael Lewis.
• Full House. Steven Jay Gould. (the demise of .400 hitting, stats, and evolution)

Economic or Financial

• The Baseball Economist. JC Bradbury.
• Diamond Dollars: The Economics of Winning in Baseball. Vince Gennaro.
• Baseball and Billions. Andrew Zimbalist.
• Sports, Jobs, and Taxes. Andrew Zimbalist.
• May the Best Team Win. Andrew Zimbalist.
• The Economics of Sport. Andrew Zimbalist.
• Baseball's Economic Dilemmas and Public Policy. Andrew Zimbalist.

Sabermetric History

• The Numbers Game: Baseball's Lifelong Fascination with Statistics. Alan Schwartz