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"Abstracts from the Abstracts" synopsis and review by Rich Lederer at baseballanalysts.com
1979 Baseball Abstract
120 pages
- For Each Division:
- Monthly W-L records for each team
- Team Age Analysis
- Fielding records (PM, POp, DP, OSB, OA/SFA, FA, OR, DER)
- Come from behind records, behind by 1-6 runs
- Blown leads, up by 1-6 runs
- Opposition errors by position.
- For each team:
- Runs created, Monthly batting line for each player
- RHP/LHP splits for switch hitters
- Home/Road splits for batters
- Runs, runs per game by month for the team
- Seasonal Home/Road runs, runs per game
- Game time and ability to hold runners rating for each starter
- Run support, DP support, Opponent SB, game time and attendance
for each starter
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To The Reader, 1
- National League East, 2
- The Defensive Record: A Word of Explanation, 3
- NLE Teams, 5
- Philadelphia Phillies, 5
- What getting Rose means to the Phillies
- Pittsburgh Pirates, 8
- Chicago Cubs, 12
- Montreal Expos, 15
- St.Louis Cardinals, 18
- New York Mets, 21
- Umpiring Records, 24
- Age/Leaders Chart 26
- Guidry/Rice, Part I, 27
- Introduction of Runs Created
- National League West, 32
- NLW Teams, 33
- Los Angeles Dodgers, 33
- Estimating runs scored for leadoff men from other stats
- Cincinnati Reds, 36
- About the Reds firing Sparky Anderson
- San Francisco Giants, 39
- Giants inability to commit to young players at a position
- Shifting of hitting position from 2b to 3b (historically)
- San Diego Padres, 43
- Houston Astros, 46
- Atlanta Braves, 48
- National League Leaders, 51
- Top three each month
- Top ten home and road
- Top 5/Bottom 5 Run support, Dp support, OppSB, Game Time
- Introducing: Account Form Box Scores, 52
- Recent Leaders, 57
- Leader each period 1-10 years, R, H, 2B, HR, RBI, SB, W, K
- Top 5/Bottom 5 HR allowed per 1000 batters
- Stolen Bases Against Catchers, 58
- American League East, 62
- ALE Teams, 63
- New York Yankees, 63
- Yankees' record against lefties and the opponents strategy
- Boston Red Sox, 66
- Milwaukee Brewers, 69
- Teams that improve a lot one year drop back the next
- Baltimore Orioles, 72
- Cleveland Indians, 75
- Detroit Tigers, 78
- Toronto Blue Jays, 81
- Guidry/Rice, Part II, 83
- Replacement Level
- Park Effects
- Toughest/Easiest to double up, 87
- League Leaders in Stolen Base Percentage, 87
- American League West, 88
- ALW Teams, 89
- Kansas City Royals, 89
- Texas Rangers, 92
- California Angels, 96
- Defensive Spectrum
- Minesota Twins, 99
- Chicago White Sox, 102
- Oakland A's, 104
- Seattle Mariners, 107
- American League Leaders, 110
- Top three each month
- Top ten home and road
- Top 5/Bottom 5 Run support, Dp support, OppSB, Game Time
- Guidry/Rice: A Post Script, 111
- Victory Important RBI
- Guidry's record in historical context
- Discussion of Isolated Power, Range Factor and Seasonal
Notation, 113
- Isolated Power, 114
- Range Factors, 115
- Career Records in Seasonal Notation, 116
