Recent advances in sabermetrics have made it possible to assess the
exact contribution of each player to the success of failure of his
team. Using the simple metric Wins Above Average-the number of wins
that the 2016 Red Sox, for example, added to their total because
they had Mookie Betters in right field instead of an average player
(5)-David Kaiser leads us on a fascinating tour through the history
of major league baseball from 1901 through 2016, analyzing all the
greatest players and teams of the past and showing exactly why they
enjoyed the success that they did. Along the way, he identifies the
15 or 20 greatest players of every generation, using simple metrics
that allow him to compare the impact of players from Ty Cobb
through Ted Williams to Willie Mays, Rickey Henderson and Barry
Bonds, and pitchers from Christy Mathewson to Roger Clemens. The
book also says a great deal about short- and long-term strategies
for organizational success. Along the way, Kaiser takes on a good
many tenets of diamond faith.. The importance of pitching, he
argues, has been vastly exaggerated since the beginning of baseball
time, and great pitching has almost never been the key to a
dynasty. Many Hall of Fame pitchers and some hitters as well, he
finds, have reached Cooperstown almost entirely on the backs of
their teammates. Accurate metrics also reveal that a few
over-qualified players are still awaiting selection to Cooperstown.
Last but hardly least, Kaiser shows that baseball is threatened by
an unprecedented shortage of great players, and challenges MLB to
do something about it.
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