A Fan's Guide to Baseball Analytics: Why WAR, WHIP, wOBA, and Other Advanced Sabermetrics Are Essential to Understanding Modern Baseball

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This accessible guide is "the perfect book for baseball's information age," giving "every fan a roadmap for enjoying the sport they love even more" (Richard Justice, MLB.com columnist). Every baseball fan knows what a .300 hitter or a 20-game winner looks like. But what about a batter with a .390 wOBA? How about a pitcher with a 1.2 WHIP? These statistics are the future of modern baseball, having already revolutionized how the game is played, managed, and assessed. No fan should miss out on how these and other essential metrics— like wRC+, FIP, and WAR—apply to the game. In A Fan's Guide to Baseball Analytics, MLB.com reporter and columnist Anthony Castrovince explains why the old stats don't always add up, and how the new numbers can help fans appreciate the game even more. Readers will learn where these modern stats came from, what they convey, and how to use them to evaluate players of the present, past, and future. An introductory course on sabermetrics, A Fan's Guide to Baseball Analytics is an easily digestible resource that readers can turn to when they encounter modern metrics in today's baseball coverage.