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The Bill James Handbook (2003–present) provides past-season statistics and next-season projections for Major League players and teams, and career data for all current Major League players. Results for the Fielding Bible Awards , an alternative to the Gold Glove Awards voted on by a 10-person panel that includes James, are also included.
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 Henry "Big Bill" James (January 20, 1887 – May 25, 1942) was a professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of eight seasons in Major League Baseball between 1911 and 1919. Primarily used as a starting pitcher , he played for the Cleveland Naps (1911–1912), St. Louis Browns (1914–1915), Detroit Tigers (1915–1919), Boston ...
Bill James tried to tell us so long ago: subtle versatility is often underrated, and specialists are often overrated. 19) Platoons suffocate the mixed-league value of any hitter. Jarred Kelenic's ...
To find this type of manager in your league, simply offer 1-for-1 trades that involve you dealing away someone who is overachieving for a player with weaker 2023 stats but a longer track record of ...
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.
The fantasy stats: 0 HR, 3 RBI, 6 R, 1 SB, .171 AVG Betts collected some walks in recent games but has had just two multi-hit contests and a pair of extra-base hits this season.
Bill James' two books, The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract (1985) and Win Shares (2002) have continued to advance the field of sabermetrics. [23] The work of his former assistant Rob Neyer, who later became a senior writer at ESPN.com and national baseball editor of SBNation, also contributed to popularizing sabermetrics since the mid ...