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"Abstracts from the Abstracts" synopsis and review by Rich Lederer at baseballanalysts.com

 1977 Baseball Abstract

1. National League Monthly Hitting Records, 1

Month-by-month batting stats for each National League player with 100 or more games played. in 1976

2. American League Monthly Hitting Records, 10

Month-by-month batting stats for each American League player with 100 or more games played in 1976.

3. Monthly Hitting Leaders, 19

Month-by-month leaders in each of the batting categories for each league

4. Monthly Team Hitting Records, 20

Month-by-month batting stats for each team in 1976.

5. Monthly Won/Lost Records,25

Month-by-month W-L record for each pitcher (organized by team) in 1976.

6. Stolen Bases Allowed Statistics, 31

Stolen bases allowed per game started for both catchers and pitchers.

7. Pitcher Run Support, 35

Run support for every pitcher with 20 starts in 1976

8. Attendance by Pitchers, 36

Average attendance for every pitcher with 20 starts in 1976

9. Fast Pitchers and Slow Pitchers, 37

Average game time for every pitcher with 20 starts in 1976

10. Umpiring Statistics, 38

Strikeouts, Walks, Runs and game time for each major league umpiring crew.

11. Reconstruction in Fielding Statistics: an Essay, 40

Discussion of Fielding Averages and Range Factor (similar to discussion in 1982 edition). Suggestion of what we now call zone ratings, as well as runner advancement stats for outfielders.

12. Team Age Analysis, 48

Age of regulars at each position for each team, along with average age of team

13. National Leage Range Factors, 49

Range factors for each regular

14. American Leage Range Factors, 50

Range factors for each regular

15. Pitcher Home Run Tendencies, 51

Home run rates for each pitcher with 100 IP in 1976

16. Base Stealing Percentage Leaders, 52

Top ten in steal percentage for each league (min 20 attempts)

17. Career Records in Seasonal Notation, 52

Career records of 1976 players with at least 200 games in seasonal notation

18. ON BASE: A New Table Baseball Game, 60

A table baseball game which uses an ordinary deck of playing cards

19. Power Percentages, 66

Power percentages (now called isolated power) of 1976 regulars by position