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Baseball: The Math of the Game
(Sports Illustrated Kids: Sports Math)
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Publication Date
July 01, 2011
Genre / Grade Band
Non-fiction / 6th − 8th
Language
English
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Description
What is the difference between batting average and slugging percentage? How far does the catcher throw the ball when he tries to gun out a runner who's stealing second? How do you predict a players season stats after only a few weeks? Race to the field to learn how math has transformed the world of baseball!
Publication date
July 01, 2011
Genre
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781429673150
Lexile Measure
1020
Publisher
Capstone Press
Series
Sports Illustrated Kids: Sports Math
BISAC categories
JNF054010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation | Baseball & Softball
Library of Congress categories
Baseball
Mathematics
Statistical methods
Mathematics
Statistical methods
School Library Journal
Gr 5-9—These books delve deep into the statistics of favorite pastimes. They are not written for novices; acronyms and terms are used freely and not always defined. For example, readers learn how to calculate OPS in baseball, but what does OPS stand for? What is "the lane" in basketball? The math gets complicated and in a couple of places a diagram would have been helpful. The full-color photographs depict well-known sports figures. The spreads are busy with stats, graphs, tables, and interesting sidebars. Each book discusses the field or court, the basics of the game, the offensive and defensive stats, and how to make projections of performance for teams and individual players. Overall these books will appeal to serious sports fans who want to learn more about the numbers of the game.
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