The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers: An Historical Compendium of Pitching, Pitchers, and Pitches

by Bill James, Rob Neyer · 2004

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Pitchers, the pitches they throw, and how they throw them — these days it's the stuff of constant scrutiny, but there's never been anything like a comprehensive sourcefor such information. That's what preeminent baseball analyst Bill James and ESPN.com baseball columnist Rob Neyer realized over lunch more than a dozen years ago. Since then, they've been compiling the centerpiece of this book, the "Pitcher Census," which lists specific information for nearly two thousand pitchers, ranging throughout the history of professional baseball. The Guidealso offers:

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A "dictionary" describing virtually every known pitch

The origins and development of baseball's most important pitches

Top ten lists: best fastballs, best spitballs, and everything in between

Biographies of some of the great pitchers who have been overlooked

More knuckleballers and submariners than you ever thought existed

An open debate concerning pitcher abuse and durability

A formula for predicting the Cy Young Award winner

Something fresh and new: Bill James' "Pitcher Codes"

The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchersis about understanding pitchers, and baseball's action always starts with the pitchers. It's also about entertaining debates and having a great deal of fun with the history of a game that obsesses so many.

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