The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball »

Tom Tango runs the Tango on Baseball website and has consulted for major league baseball teams. He lives in New Jersey.

Mitchel Lichtman has been doing sabermetric research for over seventeen years and was the senior analyst for a major league baseball team. He lives in New York.

Andrew Dolphin has been working with sports statistics for over ten years and is a consultant for a major league baseball team. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.

Baseball "by The Book"

List Of Tables     6
Foreword     12
Preface     14
Toolshed     16
When You're Hot, You're Hot     53
Mano a Mano     69
Jordan, Woods,...Spiezio?     97
Batting (Dis)Order     121
Left, Right, Left, Right     152
Starting Pitchers     183
Leveraging Relievers     208
To Sacrifice or Not     237
Boots Were Made For Walking     288
Running Wild     323
Bluffing In Baseball     340
Don't Try This At Home     365
Index     383