The Bill James Handbook 2005

Simply put, The Bill James Handbook 2005 is the best and most complete annual baseball reference guide available today. It includes informative introductions to the different sections and an extensive glossary that includes explanations and even mathematical formulae for the multitude of statistics now used in baseball—many of them developed by Bill James himself. This book contains a myriad of stats on every hit, pitch and catch in Major League Baseball’s 2004 season. Some of the most unique data include the Manager’s Record, which gives readers an edge in understanding the differences between managers during a game, and Player Win-Shares, a statistic developed by Bill James evaluating a player’s individual contribution to his team’s wins.James, Bill is the author of 'The Bill James Handbook 2005' with ISBN 9780879462741 and ISBN 0879462744.