Sabermetrics books?

[slugger33]

What are the best books to read on Sabermetrics? Thanks

[brockforbroglio]

edit: i know what you were looking for now.

[Tango Tiger]

Here's a list to get you started:

http://www.tangotiger.net/wiki/index.php?title=Books

[cactusmitch]

Down and Dirty DATA?

Adler's "Baseball Hacks" is THE book, imho.

I've been captivated by it for almost two months now. I have previous knowledge of the "R" language. My database knowledge started with DB 2 on a Kaypro. Now I have the essentials of Adler's "Hacks" on a cheapo Acer laptop. Vista discarded, and SuSe linux installed. (Should have gotten the $50 from big Bill, "The G man," Gates fleecing operation.) All open source is running. I'm polishing my skills and having lots of fun.

I'd like to exchange idea with anyone interested in hard core data analysis.

[SeanM]

Here's a list to get you started:

http://www.tangotiger.net/wiki/index.php?title=Books

buy this gentleman's book, easily my favorite in my baseball literature collection.

[Mariano_Rivera]

What are the best books to read on Sabermetrics? Thanks

To start off I`d reccomend Baseball Between the Numbers

If you find that interesting go for Tom Tango's book.

[Redsauce]

Check out Tango's wiki on sabermetrics, there's a section on books you can check out. I've added a couple I thought were good too.

[Honus Wagner Rules]

What are the best books to read on Sabermetrics? Thanks

Well "best" is subjective. But if anyone is interested in sabermetrics they should own the following books:

The Hidden Game of Baseball by Pete Palmer
Bill James Annual Baseball Abstracts 1977-1988
Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract
New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract
The diamond Appraised by Craig Wright/Tom House (very underrated book)
Stats Inc. Scoreboard books (from the mid 1990s, these are hard to find)

These books are more of a historical reference. obviously Sabermetrics has moved forward since these books have bee published. I think the best way to keep abreast of the cutting edge sabermetirc work is to go to the sabermetric websites like Baseball Prospectus, Hardball Times, Baseball Think Factory, Tango on Baseball, etc. Shoot, Tango and SABR Matt post post great stuff here at BBF.

[pizzacutter]

It's a little trite to say, but I would say before you read anything, read Moneyball (if you haven't yet). The numbers themselves mean nothing without some context to put the whole movement into.

[Tango Tiger]

I disagree on the relevance of Moneyball to Sabermetrics. Schwarz' The Numbers Game would be a better one.

But, easily the best one is The Hidden Game of Baseball, which you can get at your local library.