A Guide to Sabermetric Research: Related Links

Here are some related links to help you learn more about sabermetrics.

Please note: This list is intended as a guide to help you learn more about sabermetrics. It is not a comprehensive list of all sabermetric sources, of which there are thousands ... maybe tens of thousands. Notice any major omissions? Send a note to jpomrenke@sabr.org.

Articles

"Clutch Hitting Study," by Dick Cramer (Baseball Research Journal, 1977)
"He Does It By The Numbers," by Dan Okrent (Sports Illustrated, May 25, 1981)
"Introducing Project Scoresheet," by Bill James (Baseball Analyst, October 1983)
"Pitching and Defense: How Much Control Do Pitchers Have?" by Voros McCracken (Baseball Prospectus, January 23, 2001)
"How Sabermetrics Helps Build a Better Ballgame," by Nate Silver (Baseball Analysts, May 10, 2007)
"Databases for Sabermetricians," by Colin Wyers (The Hardball Times, November 24, 2009)
"The Many Flavors of DIPS: A History and Overview", by Dan Basco and Michael Davies (Baseball Research Journal, Fall 2010)
"The Ballad of Bill James," by Joe Posnanski (Joe Blog, September 2011)
"FanGraphs Sabermetric Library," by Steve Slowinski (FanGraphs, December 18, 2012)

Books

Baseball Between The Numbers: Why Everything You Know About The Game Is Wrong, edited by Jonah Keri (Baseball Prospectus, 2006)
Baseball Hacks by Joseph Adler (O'Reiley Media, 2006)
Beyond Batting Average, by Lee Panas (Lulu, 2010)
Bill James Baseball Abstracts, by Bill James (self-published, 1977-80; Ballantine, 1981-88)
The Book, by Tom Tango, Mitchel Lichtman and Andrew Dolphin (Potomac, 2007)
The Hidden Game of Baseball, by John Thorn and Pete Palmer (Doubleday, 1984)
Mathletics, by Wayne Winston (Princeton University Press, 2009)
Moneyball, by Michael Lewis (Norton, 2004)
The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, by Bill James (revised: Free Press, 2003; original: 1985)
The Numbers Game: Baseball's Lifelong Fascinating With Statistics, by Alan Schwarz (St. Martin's Griffin, 2005)
Understanding Sabermetrics: An Introduction to the Science of Baseball Statistics, by Gabriel Costa, Michael Huber and John Saccoman (McFarland, 2007)

Publications

Abstracts from the Abstracts, Rich Lederer's 12-part series at Baseball Analysts summarizing the original (and hard-to-find) Bill James Abstracts
Baseball Analyst archives, Bill James’ sabermetrics journal in the 1980s
Baseball Research Journal archives
“By The Numbers,” archives of SABR's Statistical Analysis Committee newsletter

Websites


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