From the Book - First edition.
Below average : the fundamental flaws of batting average
Pitcher wins : one guy gets the credit for everyone else's work
RBI : baseball's unreliable narrator
Holtzman's folly : how the save rule has ruined baseball
Stolen bases : crime only pays if you never get caught
Fielding percentage : the absolute worst way to measure defense
Bulfinch's baseball mythology : clutch hitters, lineup protection, and other things that don't exist
OBP is life : why on-base percentage is the measure of a hitter
The power and the glory : slugging percentage and OPS
wOBA/WRC : the ultimate measure of the hitter (until the next one)
ERA and the riddle of pitching versus defense
WPA : measuring clutch, if you must
The black box : how baseball teams measure defense today
No puns intended : going to WAR to value the whole player
Part three. Smarter baseball
Applied math : looking at Hall of Fame elections using newer stats
No trouble with the curve : how scouting works, and how the statistical revolution is changing it
The next big thing is here, the revolution's near : MLB statcast
The edge of tomorrow : where the future of stats might take us.
