Baseball Prospectus, 1999

What will you find in this year’s Baseball Prospectus? This year’s book includes: Expanded commentary on nearly 1700 players. Expanded Davenport Translation information, including Peripheral ERA, and evaluations of players’ secondary as well as their primary defensive positions. Expanded coverage of each team’s major league pitchers, Michael Wolverton’s Support-Neutral Wins and Losses Rany Jazayerli’s Pitcher Abuse Points Forecasts of hitter performance using Clay Davenport’s new “Wilton” forecasting system A comprehensive alphabetical listing of all full-season minor league players. Top 40 Minor League Prospectus New analysis from Keith Woolner on the value of a traditional sabermetric tool, Catcher ERA. Old favorites are still packed inside — park and league adjusted performances for nearly 3000 ballplayers. The Prospectus will help you determine who’s for real and who isn’t. Whether you’re a longtime fan, fantasy baseball junkie, or a recent convert to the lifetime addiction that is baseball, you’ll find Baseball Prospectus 1999 to be enlightening and entertaining. There is no better book to curl up with during a spring training game. We at the Baseball Prospectus are very grateful for your generous support — not just in terms of book sales, but in terms of letting us know what you liked and didn’t like. We share your commitment to baseball, and continually strive to make the Baseball Prospectus a worthy companion for you and the game to which it is a tribute. Baseball Prospectus 1999 is available right now.