Sabermetrics: Baseball, Steroids, and How the Game has Changed Over the
Past Two Generations offers an introduction to this increasing area of
interest to statisticians, students of the game, and many others.
Pairing a primer on the applied math with an overview of the origin of
the field and its context within baseball today, the work provides an
engaging resource for students and interested readers. It includes
coverage of relevant baseball history, Bill James and SABR, broken
records and steroids.
Drawing on the author's experience teaching the subject at Seton Hall
University since 1988, Sabermetrics also offers practice questions and
solutions for class use.