Baseball's Best: Comparing Over 1000 Players in Their Primes, 1893-2019
- ISBN-10
- ISBN-13
- 9798683823481
- Series
- Baseball's Best
- Pages
- 357
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-09-08
- Author
- David Siglin
Description
" ... you'll come away believing you know exactly what would happen if Sandy Koufax faced Babe Ruth." -- Jeff Daniels, actor, director, playwright, musician, Detroit Tiger fan" Dave Siglin has come up with a methodology to compare the best players at each position, across all positions, and across eras, by taking their "peak" seasons ... [and adjusting for park factors,] ... for the designated hitter, for population size and the number of baseball players available in the talent pool ... and more. Baseball's Best is the result of an enormous amount of work and analysis that presents us with a comprehensive list of the best players, the best hitters, pitchers, and fielders in baseball history, in each era, and at each position. It may be enjoyed just as the game of baseball itself is to be viewed -- at a leisurely pace." - Patrick O'Kennedy, Contributing writer/analyst, "Bless You Boys" Rather than using a player's "results" (BA, SA, etc) as the starting point for this work comparing players, Siglin breaks down the actions that led to those results (W, K, HR, T, etc), leading to some startling conclusions.
