Stat buff books - Bill James, etc.

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Posted By: <b>steve</b><p>Are there any recent book publications directed to All Time Baseball Stats and Analysis?<br /><br />I currently own Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, publ. 1988 - it of course does not included players careers who played/overlapped after 1988.<br /><br />I also have my Total Basball Encyclopedia, 2362 pages, 1993 edition.<br /><br />Does Bill James have a newer version (recent players, reworked analysis, etc)? Do any other authors put out a good book for the baseball stat junkie?<br /><br />Thanks, Steve.

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Posted By: <b>Rich Klein</b><p>Most of which has the same material as the first one; but there is plenty of new material in there as well.<br /><br />He also did a "win Shares" historical book a couple of years ago<br /><br />Rich

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Posted By: <b>Brian</b><p>Bill James Historical Abstract 2001<br /><br />It ranks the top 100 players all time, and the top 100 at each position. Its foundation is Win Shares, which has its own book detailing the methodology.

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Posted By: <b>dennis</b><p>i like these rob neyer books,"big book of baseball lineups" & "baseballl dynasties" and also the neyer/james book "guide to pitchers" <br /><a href="http://www.stats.com/baseball.asp" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.stats.com/baseball.asp</a> more stat books