An error-free way to measure fielding.
—Alan Schwarz, New York Times
Just go buy the book.
—Peter Gammons, ESPN.com
A huge step forward.
—Baseball America
A tremendous breakthrough in a long-mysterious area.
—Yahoo! Sports
A must-have resource.
—ESPN.com
Available Now!
As a true fan of baseball, you value every aspect of the game, from pitching to hitting to defense. The
explosion of statistical analysis has given you ways to compare the talents of the best players, managers and
coaches in the Show. There are tons of stats on pitching and hitting, but defense has been pretty much a “did
the official scorer call that an error or a hit?” Until now, that is.
The Fielding
Bible—Volume II provides average fans information previously available exclusively to MLB
teams to judge how good a fielder each player really is, how he should be positioned against certain batters,
and how many runs he saves or gives up in a season because of his defensive abilities. The Fielding
Bible—Volume II includes:
- Defensive Runs Saved—this stat distills the latest in defensive research into a single number for every
defender.
- Total Runs—a combination of Runs Created, Baserunning Runs, and Defensive Runs Saved determines an overall
value for every player.
- A pioneering essay by Bill James detailing his revolutionary Misplays/Good Plays way to measure defensive
abilities.
- Defensive scouting reports and player commentaries on every regular and semiregular position player in
baseball.
- Innovative analysis of Catcher Defense, with catcher ERA taken to the next level.
- Samples of our exclusive Defensive Positioning System that show how and why the most innovative major
league teams position their defense.
Defense is an integral part of the game. It always has been. With The Fielding
Bible—Volume II, we finally know who the best fielders are…and why.
Click here to download a sample of The Fielding Bible—Volume II.
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| JOHN DEWAN has consistently broken new ground in the area of sports statistical analysis, first as one of the founders and former CEO of STATS, Inc. and now as the owner of Baseball Info Solutions. He is also currently the co-publisher of ACTA Publications. As a noted sports expert, he is heard weekly on WSCR "The Score," an all-sports radio station in Chicago, where he lives with his wife and two children. |
