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The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers: An Historical Compendium of Pitching, Pitchers, and Pitches Paperback – June 15, 2004

by Bill James (Author), Rob Neyer (Author)

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Pitchers, the pitches they throw, and how they throw them -- these days it's the stuff of constant scrutiny, but there's never been anything like a comprehensive source for such information. That's what preeminent baseball analyst Bill James and ESPN.com baseball columnist Rob Neyer realized over lunch more than a dozen years ago. Since then, they've been compiling the centerpiece of this book, the "Pitcher Census," which lists specific information for nearly two thousand pitchers, ranging throughout the history of professional baseball. The Guide also offers:

A "dictionary" describing virtually every known pitch
The origins and development of baseball's most important pitches
Top ten lists: best fastballs, best spitballs, and everything in between
Biographies of some of the great pitchers who have been overlooked
More knuckleballers and submariners than you ever thought existed
An open debate concerning pitcher abuse and durability
A formula for predicting the Cy Young Award winner
Something fresh and new: Bill James' "Pitcher Codes"

The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers is about understanding pitchers, and baseball's action always starts with the pitchers. It's also about entertaining debates and having a great deal of fun with the history of a game that obsesses so many.

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496 pages
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Touchstone
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June 15, 2004
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7.38 x 1 x 9.25 inches
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0743261585
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978-0743261586
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Bill James made his mark in the 1970s and 1980s with his Baseball Abstracts. He has been tearing down preconceived notions about America’s national pastime ever since. He is currently the Senior Advisor on Baseball Operations for the Boston Red Sox, as well as the author of The Man from the Train. James lives in Lawrence, Kansas, with his wife, Susan McCarthy, and three children.

Rob Neyer has written about baseball for ESPN.com since 1996 and appears regularly on ESPNews. He has written four baseball books, including The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers (with Bill James) and Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Lineups. His website, www.robneyer.com, contains additional material related to this and his other books.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Touchstone; Original ed. edition (June 15, 2004)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 496 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0743261585
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0743261586
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.87 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.38 x 1 x 9.25 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #949,721 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #849 in Sports Reference (Books)
- #1,050 in Sports Encyclopedias
- #2,008 in Baseball (Books)

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Pete

Neat little book

Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2009

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This is a much needed book, but is not 100% complete and should be viewed as a work in progress. I liked the section on pitches in the beginning but would like to see more info such as when, when and where various pitches are used. For example most pitchers only throw changeups low and away to opposite handed batters. Why is that? Where does a pitcher aim curveballs to both left and right handed batters? Why? Also a note to the author if there is ever another update: In the book 'Inside Baseball' by Greg Garber,(1994 and revised in 1996) Tommy John states in addition to his sinker and curve he throws a slider, forkball and changeup and stated his fastball was clocked at 84. It doesn't specify but I assume he was referring to the end of his career. Also, the book has a full page photo of him on the mound for the Yankees throwing the ball with a wide forkball grip. His website states "I have four basic pitches: fastball, curve, slider and change-up...plus eight illegal ones."

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Jeff Bullock

Maybe I Expected Too Much

Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2007

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In reading this book, you can see the differences between the two writers - in fact, gimme a sentence or two and I can probably tell you which one wrote what - but I think I expected a little too much from this book. Obviously, info on what pitches a pitcher used during his career is subject to availability and maybe I expected Neyer, and especially James, to come up with more info than they did - it is mainly newspaper quotes and maybe just a handful of direct quotes from the pitchers themselves, via e-mail. I thought the chapters on each type of pitch was interesting in how they ranked pitchers and how those pitches differed but I can't help but think they were just filler, done only to probably fill out the book - I was hoping there would be more pitchers listed than there were in the book but I guess only so much info was available to them.

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R. jonas

Best in class

Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2019

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Jamesian outlook and style .

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K. Tarvin

Don't buy the Kindle version!!

Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2010

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The kindle version is missing a majority of the "Pitcher's Census" portion of the book. It stops at the "B's". Calling Amazon support got it refunded, but the support rep didn't sound as if this issue would be resolved.

So basically, don't buy the kindle version. You wouldn't buy a real book with pages missing, would you?

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Cornell Hurd

absolutely wonderful

Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2014

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Once again, these two men give you a look at a side of the game not normally explored. Their books are incredibly easy to read and draw you in immediately. Bill James gave me the game back, years ago. I've only recently discovered Rob Neyer, but I'm purchasing everything of his I can find. I've never seen a book like this one...an amazing amount of effort to document as many pitchers and their "stuff" as possible.

Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2017

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Great item and service! A+++++++++

Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2015