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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)

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Preeminent baseball analyst Bill James and ESPN.com baseball columnist Rob Neyer compile information on pitches and their origins, nearly two thousand pitchers, and more in this comprehensive guide.

Pitchers, the pitches they throw, and how they throw them—they’re the stuff of constant scrutiny, but there's never been anything like a comprehensive source for such information…until now. Bill James and Rob Neyer spent over a decade 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.

Their guide also includes a dictionary describing virtually every known pitch, biographies of great pitchers who have been overlooked, and top ten lists for fastballs, spitballs, and everything in between. James and Neyer also weigh in on the debate over pitcher abuse and durability, offer a formula for predicting the Cy Young Award winner, and reveal James’s Pitcher Codes. Learn about the origins and development of baseball’s most important pitches and more knuckleballers and submariners than you ever thought existed!

Baseball’s action always starts with the pitchers. Begin to understand them and join in on entertaining debates while having a great deal of fun with the history of the game that captivates so many with this one-of-a-kind guide.
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    496 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Touchstone
  4. Publication date
    June 15, 2004
  5. Dimensions
    7.5 x 1.24 x 9.25 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0743261585
  7. ISBN-13
    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, RobNeyer.com, contains additional material related to these and his other books.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Touchstone
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 15, 2004
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ Original ed.
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 496 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0743261585
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0743261586
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.7 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 1.24 x 9.25 inches
  • Best Sellers Rank: #1,914,352 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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