The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract

The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract
Author(s)	Bill James
Country	United States
Language	English
Publisher	Free Press
Publication date	2001
Media type	Print (Book)
Pages	1008
ISBN	0684806975
Preceded by	The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract

The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract is a reference-type book written by Bill James featuring an overview of baseball decade by decade, along with rankings of the top 100 players at each position. The original edition was published in 1985 by Villard Books^[1], followed by The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract in 2001. In the 2001 edition, James introduced his Win Shares system, an attempt to quantify a player's overall contributions to his team, which he used as part of his player ranking system.

References

1. ^ The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract Villard 1985 ISBN 0394537130

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