The Numbers Game: Baseball's Lifelong Fascination with Statistics
- ISBN-10
- 0312322224
- ISBN-13
- 9780312322229
- Series
- The Numbers Game
- Category
- Sports & Recreation
- Pages
- 270
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-07-21
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Alan Schwarz
Description
A history of the practice and relevance of baseball statistics keeping recounts how the tradition began, evolved, and become a focus of expert analysis and fan study, offering insight into the people who contributed to its popularity. 10,000 first printing.
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