The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers

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An Historical Compendium of Pitching, Pitchers, and Pitches

Author(s): Bill James, Rob Neyer
Edition: Original ed.
Publisher: Fireside
Year: 2004

Language: English
Pages: 496
City: New York, NY
Tags: Sports;Encyclopedias & Subject Guides;Reference;Baseball;Sports & Outdoors;Reference;Miscellaneous;Sports & Outdoors

CONTENTS

Ceremonial First Pitch
PART I: PITCHES
What Do You Call That Thing?
All the Pitches We Could Find
The Mighty Fastball
The Best Fastballs of Each Half-Decade
The Curious Curve
The Changing Change-Up
The Undefinable Slider
The Dancing Knuckleball
The Forkball Fast and Slow
The Screwball: Fading Away
The Unsanitary Spitball
PART II: PITCHERS
Tommy Bond
Tony Mullane
Wilbur Cooper
Eddie Rommel
Mel Harder
Lon Warneke
Tommy Bridges
Bucky Walters
Billy Pierce
Bob Friend
Pitcher Census
Knuckleballers
Submariners
PART III : PITCHING
Abuse and Durability
A Response in Defense of PAP
E = M Cy Squared
Lucky Bastards
Unique Records
Pitcher Codes