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George William James (born October 5, 1949) [1] [2] is an American baseball writer, historian, and statistician whose work has been widely influential. Since 1977, James has written more than two dozen books about baseball history and statistics.
LABR was the first high-profile fantasy sports experts league of its kind. Formed by John Hunt, the fantasy baseball columnist for USA Today Baseball Weekly, the league was first formed in 1994 and featured such celebrities as Peter Gammons, Keith Olbermann and Bill James. [1]
William Lawrence "Seattle Bill" James (March 12, 1892 – March 10, 1971) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He was given a nickname to differentiate him from his contemporary, "Big" Bill James. The Braves purchased James in 1912 from the Seattle Giants of the Northwestern League.
In 1985, the Grandstand Sports Services launched the first nationally available rotisserie baseball leagues online through Q-Link (later America Online). [citation needed] Between 1985 and 1996, the Grandstand continued to improve on the game and the technology by being the first to offer automated drafting, real-time scoring, real-time trading and transactions, and continuous leagues.
James explains in his book, The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, why he believes runs created is an essential thing to measure: With regard to an offensive player, the first key question is how many runs have resulted from what he has done with the bat and on the basepaths.
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Red Sox adviser Bill James wants MLB to take steps to eliminate 'dangerous' bat tosses.
Most of the following stats are courtesy of The Bill James Handbook. The following parks are listed with the most extreme at the top, with +/-% being the difference compared to league average ...