Andy's Reviews > The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball

Essential for anyone who wants to understand the evolution in analytics-based baseball strategy over the last couple decades. There’s plenty of math and charts, which you can skip over if you want to just read the salient points—many of which they helpfully call out so you don’t miss them—but if you want everything in depth, it’s all here, too.

This book isn’t for everyone, of course; baseball is a great game that can be fully enjoyed without delving into it as much as this book does. But for fans who can’t get enough sabermetrics, this book is the gold standard.