The Runmakers

A New Way to Rate Baseball Players

By: Frederick E. Taylor

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Hardcover | 14 July 2011

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272 Pages

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23.4 x 16.3 x 2.2

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Statistics are the lifeblood of baseball. Managers pore over batting averages to determine game day lineups and batting orders; high number of runs batted in and low earned run averages receive praise from the press, higher salaries from the front office, and love from fans; and the fate of fantasy baseball players rises and falls with each statistical change. The prominence of the RC/27 and other more complex, formula-driven stats has made numbers even more important to understanding and appreciating the game. For all these baseball buffs and more, Frederick E. Taylor provides a new measure of hitting prowess that just might be a game changer.

Taylor's potential runs per game (PRG) measure accounts for batters getting on base, advancing runners, and driving in runs, and it separates leadoff and second batters from those in the middle of the order. Taylor introduces the measure, explains how it works, and applies it to players past and present. He breaks the history of major league baseball into eight eras based on differences in runs scored per game. He systematically--player-by-player and position-by-position--compares the results of the PRG measure to those drawn from other statistics, such as on-base percentage and slugging average. Taylor shows that PRG is more accurate and that career clutch hitting is a myth.

Sabermetricians, baseball fans of all stripes, and anyone who earns a living from the sport will find a wealth of information and a whole new set of stats to obsess over in The Runmakers. Measuring baseball will never be the same.

--Ray Knight, 1986 World Series MVP, former manager of the Cincinnati Reds, and television announcer for the Washington Nationals "Wall Street Journal"

Industry Reviews

""Most baseball statistical analysts believe that 'traditional' measures of player performance'batting average, runs batted in, and so on'are lacking... In Taylor's model, the key measure is 'bases per plate appearance'... This is a compelling model.""

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