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Backstop: A History of the Catcher and a Sabermetric Ranking of 50 All-Time Greats
William F. McNeil
Backstop: A History of the Catcher and a Sabermetric Ranking of 50 All-Time Greats
William F. McNeil
This book discusses the history of catching and catchers and employs sabermetric formulas to rank the 50 greatest catchers since 1920. Also included is a chapter on catchers of the 19th century, deadball era, and Negro Leagues, whose statistics are either incomplete, inaccurate, or produced under markedly different conditions and rules.
256 pages, photographs, tables
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | December 27, 2005 |
ISBN13 | 9780786421770 |
Publishers | McFarland & Co Inc |
Pages | 267 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 14 mm · 358 g |