Sab(e)rmetric Books
I want to get a book or two on Sabrmetrics for my Dad for Christmas, and I'm curious if anyone has read any good ones. He's a very astute (in the sense that he understand the balk rule, and who Gavvy Cravath was) fan, but his stats-base consists of RBIZ and WINZ and such, with nothing more explanatory than OPS. I've tried explaining concepts such as WAR, but I'm struggling to get through. I think he's open to the concepts, I just need help breaking through. I found Understand Sabermetrics on Amazon.com, which seems promising, but I'd like to get a first-hand review.
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I’m currently making my way through The Book now. It’s great stuff, but I’m not sure how well it would work as an intro to Sabermetrics, as it can be a little bit math heavy.
The best book to pull somebody in, in my opinion, is probably Baseball Between the Numbers.
good point…
there’s also Bill James’ New Historical Baseball Abstract (though I only have the original)
Understanding Sabermetrics is a good book for a beginner. I read this book and took a class in college where the authors were the instructors. It doesn’t go too far in depth, especially compared with The Book, which uses much more advanced math. Baseball Between the Numbers is somewhere in between the two.
For more of a story based book with saber ties, Moneyball is great choice. I haven’t read The Extra 2%, but I’m assuming that is along the same lines.

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