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 The Baseball Book 1991

Divided into three parts:

Part 1: Basic Questions

Part 2: Basic Data

Part 3: Fun Stuff

Acknowledgements, vii

Introduction, xi

Part 1 : Basic Questions, 1

Single question about each player.

Part 2: Basic Data, 185

For All Players

Team, Position, Age, Career Record in Seasonal Notation, Home/Road split

For Hitters:

Runs Created, Offensive Winning Percentage, Secondary Average, OBA, Slugging, Batting order position, Hits first pitch %, Gets ahead in count %, RHP/LHP split

For All Pitchers:

W-L, ERA, RHB/LHB split. First pitch hit %, Ahead of hitter %, Leadoff Man out %.

Opponents BA, OBA, SA, SB, CS.

For Starting Pitchers:

Opponents BA, Offensive Support, DP support

For Relief Pitchers:

Blown saves,holds, save efficiency, inherited runners score %

Part 3: Fun Stuff, 309

Brian Murphy, 311

Joe Overfield, 319

Charlie Lau, Jr, 328

Clint Hurdle, 335

Biographical Encyclopedia, 341

Tony Antanassio - Jake Atz

Notes upon Watching a Small Boy with a Music Box, 371

Summer of '49 or Was that '50

Wait a Minute, I'm Almost Sure that Was '37 and I Think Maybe that Was Vince DiMaggio, 371

Jerome Holtzman Has a Cow, 375

The Baseball Book 1990 Errata and Addendum, 380

The Seventh Sign, 383

The 1991 Season, 384