Bill James Presents...Stats Major League Handbook 2001 (Paperback)

~ Stats Inc (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Bill James and STATS present the most popular and complete baseball annual in print. Now in its 12th edition, the Major League Handbook continues to act as an almanac for all the action that happened on the playing field the previous season. Additionally, it is the first publication to provide a sneak preview of the coming season with exclusive player projections by STATS and the legendary Bill James.

Features:
 Career statistics for every 2000 major leaguer

 Bill James' and STATS' exclusive projections

 Complete fielding stats for every player at every position

 Managerial performances and tendencies

 Pitchers' hitting stats and lefty/righty splits for all hitters and pitchers

Product Details

• Paperback: 398 pages
• Publisher: STATS Publishing (November 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1884064868
• ISBN-13: 978-1884064869
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,593,911 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The baseball book to own!, November 28, 2000

By	Richard Lind (Georgetown, Texas USA) - See all my reviews

If you are a fan of individual baseball statistics, you have to have this book. It is filled with player statistics as well as predictions for the upcoming season. What makes this book so fasinating is that they are usually right on target with their predictions. I only recommend this book to those who are really interested in baseball stats, because it's not a novel about baseball. I hope this helped some of you, because this is my first time writing a review.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The MUST have book for any baseball fan, December 6, 2000

By	Frank Jordan (Federal Way, WA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you are a baseball fan, this is the book to have. Has career stats of every active major leaguer, and even projections for the fantasy league owner to use. I purchase this book every year.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I miss his essays!, February 3, 2001

By	Charles Warman (Wichita Falls, TX) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Bill James may be one of the most brilliant baseball analysts ever, and he put Sabremetrics (the advanced statistical analysis of baseball) on the map. But in my opinion he's even more gifted as a writer than he is as a statistician. And somehow I feel that these days, he's mainly lending his name to the work - worthy though it may be - of others, in order to give it instant credibility.

Find yourself an old copy of This Time Let's Not Eat The Bones (or The Historical Baseball Abstract, or any of the early Abstracts), settle down with it on a rainy March afternoon, and you'll see what I mean. Bill, wherever you are, it's time to stop living off your royalites. We miss your inimitable, trenchant, hilarious PROSE!