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Baseball Gpa: A New Statistical Approach to Performance and Strategy
Author(s): David P. Gerard (Author)
- Publisher: McFarland & Co
- Publication Date: 15 Jan. 2013
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 268 pages
- ISBN-10: 0786472561
- ISBN-13: 9780786472567
Book Description
Gross Productivity Average, or GPA, is a new baseball statistic that measures performance. Accounting for the effect that each plate appearance or baserunning play has on scoring opportunities, it is reported on a scale similar to that for batting average, making it easy for the average fan to understand.
Beginning with a detailed explanation of the statistic and its derivation, the book identifies, in Part II, historical patterns in league-average GPA (even the steroids effect is quantified). Practical applications are then explored, as GPA is used in Part III to settle long-running arguments about strategy and in Part IV to reassess players and awards voting from 1952 to 2012.
Editorial Reviews
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“Recommended”―Choice.
About the Author
David P. Gerard is a practicing gastroenterologist in the Chicago area and is actively involved in research. He lives in Oak Brook, Illinois.
