As we announced in The Bill James Handbook 2008, two cool Bill James projects premiere in the New Year. Bill James and I are releasing a new book and a new website! Our newest book, The Bill James Gold Mine 2008, is not only a new book, it is a new annual. It contains gold nuggets from the new Bill James Online. Both become available in February. Bill told us that these two projects deliver the “Abstract”-like material in the way he always wished it was published.
With the New Year just around the corner, we thought it a good time to share a sample of the book (which, in turn, samples the online):
Opposing hitters have been remarkably consistent (and remarkably poor) against Josh Beckett, hitting no higher than .246 and no worse than .232 in any season of Beckett’s six-year career.
Josh Beckett - 2007
Record of Opposing Batters |
| Season | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | Avg | OBP | Slg | OPS |
| 2002 | 401 | 56 | 93 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 52 | 44 | 113 | 12 | 5 | .232 | .308 | .389 | .697 |
| 2003 | 537 | 54 | 132 | 26 | 2 | 9 | 44 | 56 | 152 | 5 | 5 | .246 | .317 | .352 | .669 |
| 2004 | 582 | 72 | 137 | 32 | 5 | 16 | 67 | 54 | 152 | 5 | 5 | .235 | .300 | .390 | .690 |
| 2005 | 654 | 75 | 153 | 34 | 6 | 14 | 63 | 58 | 166 | 6 | 7 | .234 | .296 | .369 | .665 |
| 2006 | 780 | 120 | 191 | 44 | 4 | 36 | 109 | 74 | 158 | 15 | 1 | .245 | .310 | .450 | .760 |
| 2007 | 772 | 76 | 189 | 45 | 3 | 17 | 72 | 40 | 194 | 14 | 6 | .245 | .282 | .377 | .659 |
Copyright © 2007 by John Dewan.
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