Sabermetrics
Baseball, Steroids, and How the Game has Changed Over the Past Two Generations
- 1 Edición - 27 de octubre de 2021
- Última edición
- Autor: Gabriel B. Costa
- Idioma: Inglés
Sabermetrics: Baseball, Steroids, and How the Game has Changed Over the Past Two Generations offers an introduction to this increasing area of interest to statisticians, studen… Leer más
Descripción
Descripción
Sabermetrics: Baseball, Steroids, and How the Game has Changed Over the Past Two Generations offers an introduction to this increasing area of interest to statisticians, students of the game, and many others. Pairing a primer on the applied math with an overview of the origin of the field and its context within baseball today, the work provides an engaging resource for students and interested readers. It includes coverage of relevant baseball history, Bill James and SABR, broken records and steroids.
Drawing on the author’s experience teaching the subject at Seton Hall University since 1988, Sabermetrics also offers practice questions and solutions for class use.
Puntos claves
Puntos claves
- Provides an accessible, brief introduction to the practice of sabermetrics
- Approaches the topic in context with recent trends and issues in baseball
- Includes questions and solutions for math practice
De interès para
De interès para
Students at the undergraduate / early graduate level in this emerging course. Researchers/Professionals, General public
Índice
Índice
Preface
About the Contributors
1. An appreciation of baseball and its mathematics— by Chris Arney
2. Is baseball still the national pastime?— by John DeSomma
3. Baseball before steroids— by Daniel Gross
4. Bill James and the genesis of sabermetrics— by John T. Saccoman
5. Rattling the sabermetrics— by Eugene Reynolds
6. The annihilation of records: Where have you gone, Babe Ruth?— by Michael Huber
7. Steroids, etc.—by Michael Scioletti
8. Scandal scarred: A discussion of our national pastime’s controversial history— by Jesse Germain
9. The last inning—by Lee Evans
10. Epilogue: Where have we been? Where do we go from here? A final word from the editor
About the Contributors
1. An appreciation of baseball and its mathematics— by Chris Arney
2. Is baseball still the national pastime?— by John DeSomma
3. Baseball before steroids— by Daniel Gross
4. Bill James and the genesis of sabermetrics— by John T. Saccoman
5. Rattling the sabermetrics— by Eugene Reynolds
6. The annihilation of records: Where have you gone, Babe Ruth?— by Michael Huber
7. Steroids, etc.—by Michael Scioletti
8. Scandal scarred: A discussion of our national pastime’s controversial history— by Jesse Germain
9. The last inning—by Lee Evans
10. Epilogue: Where have we been? Where do we go from here? A final word from the editor
Detalles del producto
Detalles del producto
- Edición: 1
- Última edición
- Publicado: 19 de abril de 2022
- Idioma: Inglés
Sobre el autor
Sobre el autor
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Gabriel B. Costa
Gabriel B. Costa is currently a visiting professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point and is on the faculty at Seton Hall. And is an engineer. He holds many titles and fills them with distinction. He has a B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Mathematics from Stevens Institute of Technology. He has also co-authored another Academic Press book with Richard Bronson, Matrix Methods.
Afiliaciones y experiencia
Visiting Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, USAVer libro en ScienceDirect
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