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

 1988 Bill James Baseball Abstract

Divided into four parts:

Section I: Essays

Section II: Team Comments

Section III: Player Ratings and Comments

Section IV:

Section I : Essays, 1

Rain Delay, 3

Platooning, 9

Revolution, 17

The New Strike Zone, 23

Game Scores, 31

Wake Up Call, 35

Twilight (Strike) Zone (by Mike Kopf), 37

Section II : Team Comments, 39

For each team:

Hall of Fame Watch

Ten best and ten worst starts of season (by game scores)

Pitchers records when supported by 3-5 runs

Hitter data in the box (10 players with most AB):

Career record in seasonal notation.

Record before and after All-Star break

vs RHP/LHP, Home/Road

Section III : Player Comments, 177

Section IV : 213

Stats, 214

Discovery, 215

Charts, 216

Catchers' Stats, 220

Glossary, 226

Appendix, 228

Breakin' the Wand, 231