Customer Reviews

Bill James Presents STATS All-Time Baseball Sourcebook

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I've owned this book since it came out about 10 years ago. I have frequently referred to it to find info that, at the time of its release, was unavailable anywhere else (that I knew of). Now, some of this info is available on the internet, if you know where to look. I'm writing this review so many years after my purchase, because I've just seen the reviews written here, & I think they give this monumental work an unfair amount of criticism. It's loaded with facts & figures that will help any baseball researcher, & even if you're not a researcher, you'll be amazed at the number, length, & uniqueness of the lists & stats that are presented here. I recommend it to anyone who is serious about baseball & interested in baseball statistics.

This isn't a bad book, unless of course, youre like me and want fielding stats for everyone, and hitting stats for pitchers. This book omits fielding stats for all but post-season. It also omits Sacriifice Hits and pitchers hitting stats. Go with the Major League Handbook if youre big into stats like I am.

The National Pasttime has a long, rich tradition of extraordinary literary coverage. However, no one has quite captured the essence of the great game of baseball...until now. Meet STATS All-Time Baseball Sourcebook, close to 9 lbs of pure magic. Bill James and John Dewan must have really had an epiphany to dream up this level of detail.

If you thought the first monster, STATS All-Time Major League Handbook was good, this one really hits the target. At over 2500 pages, I doubt that you'll want to read this book in one sitting, however, I think it's a heck of an accomplishment and the guys and gals at STATS should really be proud of this one.

Overall it got my hopes up as one of the best publications of its time, but fell short of that, way short.

You Gotta Be Kidding! They Did It Again! The National Pasttime has a long, rich tradition of extraordinary literary coverage. However, no one has quite captured the essence of the great game of baseball...until now. Meet STATS All-Time Baseball Sourcebook, close to 9 lbs of pure magic. Bill James and John Dewan must have really had an epiphany to dream up this level of detail.

If you thought the first monster, STATS All-Time Major League Handbook was good, this one really hits the target. At over 2500 pages, I doubt that you'll want to read this book in one sitting, however, I think it's a heck of an accomplishment and the guys and gals at STATS should really be proud of this one.