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Bill James

Bill James made his mark in the 1970s and 1980s with his Baseball Abstracts. He has been tearing down preconceived notions about America's national pastime ever since. He is currently the Senior Advisor on Baseball Operations for the Boston Red Sox. James lives in Lawrence, Kansas, with his wife, Susan McCarthy, and three children.

Bill James's Books

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Popular Crime
Popular Crime Reflections on the Celebration of Violence By: Bill James
This edition: Hardcover, 496 pages
Publication date: May 3, 2011
The man who revolutionized the way we think about baseball now examines our cultural obsession with murder—delivering a unique, engrossing, brilliant history of tabloid crime in America. Celebrated writer and contrarian...
Other Formats: eBook, Trade Paperback
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27 Men Out
27 Men Out Baseball's Perfect Games By: Michael Coffey
Foreword by: Bill James
This edition: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Publication date: April 5, 2005
There have been only fifteen perfect games pitched in the modern era of baseball: The great Cy Young fittingly hurled the first one, in 1904, and Randy Johnson pitched the last one, in May 2004. In between, some great and...
Other Formats: eBook
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The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers An Historical Compendium of Pitching, Pitchers, and Pitches By: Bill James and Rob Neyer
This edition: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
Publication date: June 15, 2004
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 source for such information. That's what preeminent baseball...
Other Formats: eBook
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The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract By: Bill James
This edition: Trade Paperback, 1024 pages
Publication date: May 6, 2003
When Bill James published his original Historical Baseball Abstract in 1985, he produced an immediate classic, hailed by the Chicago Tribune as the "holy book of baseball." Now, baseball's beloved "Sultan of Stats" (The...
Other Formats: eBook
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Whatever Happened to the Hall of Fame By: Bill James
This edition: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
Publication date: April 6, 1995
<p>Arguing about the merits of players is the baseball fan's second favorite pastime and every year the Hall of Fame elections spark heated controversy. In a book that's sure to thrill--and infuriate--countless...
Other Formats: eBook