Bill James Presents...Stats Minor League Handbook 2000 [Paperback]

Bill James (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Stats Inc (November 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1884064728
• ISBN-13: 978-1884064722
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,358,149 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Reference, but it should be more thorough, April 11, 2000

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This review is from: Bill James Presents...Stats Minor League Handbook 2000 (Paperback)

I really like these books and have gotten them (along with the Major League red books) for the past five years. I refer to the stats quite often in my work as a baseball writer.

My main concerns with the book (and why it doesn't get five stars) are the things excluded from the book. Any player who appeared in the major leagues does not appear in this book, even if they had 500 minor league at bats and 1 major league at bat. I would like to see them change this and include anyone with rookie status. The cynic in me thinks they want you to buy both books rather than one or the other.

They also have ceased including minor league park effects, which would I know they have, but they choose not to print.

All in all it is a very good reference, but I would like to see STATS make more of an effort to improve upon their current offerings.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for the baseball fanatic, April 3, 2000

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This review is from: Bill James Presents...Stats Minor League Handbook 2000 (Paperback)

Do you live eat and breathe baseball? Does the end of the season depress you and the beginning of the season elate you? If so, this is one of the books that you must have. Why? Because this book is the compendium of in depth knowledge about players not in the Show and who may never ever be in the Show. Yet, if you love the Game, you will pore over every page as if it is a treasure map to Solomon's Lost Mines. You will wonder in fascination if you could be paid to play baseball and strike out 184 times in less than 500 at bats. I love this book and I wear off the cover of each edition before half of the season passes. Seriously, if you ever wonder who that "player to be named later" actually was, this book will tell you. This book is a bargain. But fair warning -- it is addictive and there is no going back.