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

 1980 Baseball Abstract

200 pages

 

  1. To The Reader, 1
  2. The Elephant Gun, 2
    • Value Approximation Method
  3. NL East, 12
  4. Explanation of Player/Team Data, 14
  5. Pittsburgh Pirates, 16
  6. Montreal Expos, 21
  7. St.Louis Cardinals, 26
  8. Philadelphia Phillies, 30
  9. Chicago Cubs, 33
  10. New York Mets, 37
  11. National League Player Ratings Section, 42
  12. National League West, 57
  13. Cincinnati Reds, 58
  14. Houston Astros, 61
  15. Los Angeles Dodgers, 64
  16. San Francisco, Giants, 71
  17. San Diego Padres, 74
  18. Atlanta Braves, 78
  19. National League Departmental Leaders, 83
  20. Mailbag - the Stolen Base, 86
  21. What Does It Take?:Discerning the DeFacto Standards of the Hall of Fame, 91
  22. American League East, 99
  23. Baltimore Orioles, 100
  24. Milwaukee Brewers, 106
  25. Boston Red Sox, 110
  26. New York Yankees, 114
  27. Detroit Tigers, 118
  28. Cleveland Indians, 122
  29. Toronto Blue Jays, 126
  30. Mailbag: Miscellany, 130
  31. American League: Victory Important RBI, 136
  32. American League Player Ratings and Comments, 140
  33. Stolen Bases Against Catchers (1975-1979), 158
  34. American League West, 162
  35. California Angels, 163
  36. Kansas City Royals, 168
  37. Texas Rangers, 172
  38. Minnesota Twins, 176
  39. Chicago White Sox, 180
  40. Seattle Mariners, 183
  41. Oakland A's, 188
  42. On Fielding Statistic In General and Range Factor in Particular, 193
  43. Appendix, 198

 

 

For Each Division:
Monthly W-L records for each team
Team Age Analysis
Come from behind records, behind by 1-8 runs
Blown leads, up by 1-8 runs
Fielding records (DP, OSB, OA/SFA, FA, OR, DER)
Opposition errors by position.

 

For each team:
Value produced by the system
Value acquired in trade or traded away
Value lost or acquired via free agency
Value on hand
For each regular on the team:
Runs created
Monthly batting line for each player
RHP/LHP splits for batters
Home/Road splits for batters
Team batting line by month, with home/road split
For each starting pitcher on the team
Game time and ability to hold runners rating
Run support, DP support, Opponent SB, game time and Home/Road attendance (4 years)