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

 1981 Baseball Abstract

206 pages

 

  1. To The Reader, 1
  2. NL East, 3
  3. Explanation of Player/Team Data, 5
  4. Value Approximation for each team , 7
  5. Philadelphia Philles, 11
  6. Montreal Expos, 16
  7. Pittsburgh Pirates, 20
  8. St.Louis Cardinals, 23
  9. New York Mets, 30
  10. Chicago Cubs, 38
  11. Trade Value, 44
  12. Team Age Analysis, 47
  13. The Favorite Toy, 48
  14. Player Ratings and Comments, 54
  15. National League West, 69
  16. Houston Astros, 70
  17. Los Angeles Dodgers, 76
  18. Cincinnati Reds, 80
  19. Atlanta Braves, 84
  20. San Francisco, Giants, 87
  21. San Diego Padres, 90
  22. National League Departmental Leaders, 93
  23. Joint Project, 95
  24. Chasing Henry, 99
  25. Pythagoras and the Logarithms, 104
  26. Stolen Bases Against Catchers (1975-1980), 118
  27. American League East, 123
  28. New York Yankees, 125
  29. Baltimore Orioles, 131
  30. Milwaukee Brewers, 136
  31. Boston Red Sox, 140
  32. Detroit Tigers, 148
  33. Cleveland Indians, 152
  34. Toronto Blue Jays, 155
  35. Pitcher Ratings Section, 158
  36. More on the Stolen Base Question - by Dallas Adams, 165
  37. Ability and Career Expectation, 167
  38. American League West, 172
  39. The Baseball Analyst, 173
  40. Kansas City Royals, 175
  41. Oakland A's, 178
  42. Rest of the West, 184
    • Minnesota Twins, 185
    • Texas Rangers, 189
    • Chicago White Sox, 191
    • California Angels, 193
    • Seattle Mariners, 195
  43. American League Departmental Leaders, 198
  44. Appendix, 202
  45. Acknowledgements, 204
For Each Division:
Monthly W-L records for each team
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
Career record in seasonal notation
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)
Home/Road
Park Factor