Product Description
Pitching's Triple Crown Contenders is about baseball's greatest pitchers. It is a fair and comprehensive comparison of pitchers fom all eras. Unlike other "Baseball's Greatest" books, it relies strictly on the numbers, and it doesn't try to rank pitchers in with hitters. Fifth place in strikeouts is the same in 1999 as it was in 1888—it means that only four pitchers in the league had a higher strikeout total. The placement in each Triple Crown category is the sole criteria used to rank the players. It's a fresh, new way of evaluating the careers of baseball's greatest pitchers. TCC points should become part of serious fans' vocabulary within a couple of years, and eventually may become an Offical Major League Baseball Statistic. The various lists towards the end of the book confirm what most fans already knew about who were the flamethrowers and who were the best finesse pitchers. Three new stats for pitchers are introduced—Hitless Average and Out Percentage, and the greatest pitchers' best seasons are ranked using the TCC Ratio.
About the Author
A baseball fan for more than 30 years, Robert Minteer decided to take a fresh look at a few of baseball's statistics in order to have a ranking of baseball's greatest hitters that is strictly by the numbers. The result is The Triple Crown Contenders, which gives equal weight to stats from all of baseball's various eras. He is currently working on a similar book about baseball's pitchers. Born just outside of Pittsburgh, PA, Minteer moved to Montana, where there wasn't much baseball to be seen on TV until the coming of cable. Now there's more than any one person can keep track
