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John Burnson (Author)
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Graphical Player December 1, 2008

Congratulations to John Burnson and his team of writers,
champions of the CBS Sportsline Fantasy League of Experts.




For decades, baseball statistical analysis has been limited to long, hard-to-follow columns of numbers, leaving bewildered readers to pick out the trends. But the sixth edition of Graphical Player presents the information you need in the simplest and most natural way: visually. With its revolutionary, at-a-glance dashboards, the Graphical Player makes it easy to see who s moving up, who s moving down, and who s moving out.


John Burnson and his crew from Heater magazine won the 2008 CBS Sportsline Fantasy League of Experts a head-to-head points league that includes twelve of the
biggest names in baseball analysis, such as ESPN, Sporting News, and RotoWorld. Now John Burnson and the Heater team turn their expertise to giving readers the big picture to help them rule over their own leagues.


Graphical Player includes profiles for 900 ballplayers from both the majors and the minors, chosen expressly for their impact in 2009 and their interest to fantasy leaguers. Features include:


  • Three years of daily trends, including time spent in
    Triple-A and Double-A
  • Forecasts from MINER, a system that factors not only
    the majors but also all levels of the minors
  • Support for both points leagues and keeper leagues
  • Player commentary by dedicated team experts who
    saw every at-bat and dissected every play
  • The Graphical Organizations a bird s-eye view of each
    team, where they stand, and where they re going
  • New approaches to measuring defense, fantasy value,
    stolen base potential, and more


On Draft Day, the clock doesn t stop while you pore over names. Keep your head in the game, not in your notes. For an informed decision in a flash, grab the Graphical Player.


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Takes baseball stats to a new dimension! So useful that I wondered why nobody had done this before. --BaseballThinkFactory.com

If you play fantasy baseball, Graphical Player is a must-own! --AmazinAvenue.com

This book is pure gold. --ThePastime.net

About the Author

John Burnson is the publisher of Heater magazine, a weekly baseball magazine now in its fourth year. For nine years he wrote for BaseballHQ, where he invented the versions of xERA and xBA that are still used there today.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: ACTA Publications (December 1, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0879463724
  • ISBN-13: 978-0879463724
  • Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,530,191 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars A treasury for the hardest of hardcore baseball plans, especially anyone who enjoys fantasy baseball leagues as a hobby, January 13, 2009
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The Graphical Player 2009 is a stunning compendium of statistical information about nine hundred major and minor league baseball players - in the form of black-and-white graphs! Each page is crammed full of black-and-white visual statistics about four players, punctuated with a very brief text summary of the player's performance. Compiled by John Burnson and his crew from the weekly baseball magazine "Heater", Graphical Player displays three years of daily trends, highlighted with Graphical Organizations that give an overview of where each team stands and where it's going. A treasury for the hardest of hardcore baseball plans, especially anyone who enjoys fantasy baseball leagues as a hobby.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Even better, December 13, 2008
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This is my third year buying this book. And this is the best yet. A must buy for a different look at players. A lot of insight. And a lot of different graphs to pour over. Enjoy.

Rob
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Graphical Player 2009 Takes Fantasy Baseball Analysis to New Level, January 10, 2009
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This is my second year with Graphical Player and while I really liked last year's the 2009 edition is a full evolutionary step forward. I've been competing in fantasy baseball for 14 years now and will be entering my third season in the NFBC - National Fantasy Baseball Championship. I can honestly say that this may be the most essential fantasy baseball publication on the market.

What separates Graphical Player from other fantasy baseball publications is the graphical representation of data. There are trends that are impossible to see just looking at data sets. This give you a clear advantage to help win your league.

I also recommend John Burnson's other publication which is weekly PDF fantasy baseball magazine - Heater. Graphical Player is key to prepping for fantasy baseball drafts and Heater magazine will keep you on track for the championship!
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