Bill James and STATS Publishing Introduce `Win Shares' - A Revolutionary New Rating System for Major League Baseball Players from Every Era.Sports Editors/Baseball Writers & Columnists MORTON GROVE, Ill.--(BW SportsWire)--April 17, 2002 STATS, Inc., the world's leading sports information provider, and Bill James, renowned baseball historian, have teamed to introduce Win Shares, a landmark publication that allows for Major League Baseball "MLB" and "Major Leagues" redirect here. For other uses, see MLB (disambiguation) and Major Leagues (disambiguation). Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. player evaluation across positions, teams and eras. Win Shares is available from STATS Publishing in both digital as well as traditional print formats at www.stats.com or 800-63-STATS. The Win Shares method measures the total sum of individual player contributions in one groundbreaking number. Win Shares is a breakthrough in statistical analysis and the next big stepping stone in the "greatest players of all time" debate. Who turned in the best offensive season off all time? Did Ichiro deserve the MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. Award in 2001? Was Brooks Robinson the best fielding third baseman ever? Win Shares offers a whole new perspective on these questions, and a myriad of other topics that baseball fans love to debate. Bill James' new rating concept makes these age-old questions more viable than ever, and provides readers a keen new perspective through an array of detailed essays, comprehensive charts and in-depth leader boards. Dubbed the "Sultan of Stats" (The Boston Globe), James is known for his intelligent and innovative style of analytical writing that not only covers the game of baseball itself, but also the men who play it. TIME magazine calls Mr. James "a rare combination of amateur logician and sociologist, stylist, humorist hu·mor·ist n. 1. A person with a good sense of humor. 2. A performer or writer of humorous material. humorist Noun a person who speaks or writes in a humorous way and stern moralist." For more information about the author and publisher, in-depth excerpts, and interview and review information please visit www.stats.com/winshares. About STATS, Inc. STATS, Inc. is owned by News Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : NWS NWS National Weather Service NWS Naval Weapons Station NWS New World Symphony NWS Nuclear Weapon State NWS Not Work Safe NWS National Watercolor Society NWS North Warning System NWS Nose Wheel Steering NWS National Waste Strategy (UK) ). With more than 20 years of experience in sophisticated sports data collection, processing and distribution - STATS is the world's leading sports information and statistical analysis company. STATS provides exclusive information and data from its proprietary databases to fans, professional teams, print and broadcast media, software developers and interactive service providers around the globe. STATS is also the industry's leading fantasy sports game management firm and the publisher of 10 pro sports annuals and two all-inclusive baseball encyclopedias. STATS, Inc.'s business partners include FOX Sports, ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network , YES Network, WGN WGN Wellington WGN White Gaussian Noise WGN World's Greatest Newspaper (Chicago, IL, USA) WGN World Gastroenterology News WGN We Got Nomar WGN World's Greatest Network WGN Wireless Network Gateway WGN Wagon Sports, OpenTV, CNNSI CNNSI Cable News Network and Sports Illustrated , The Sporting News, EA Sports, Topps and the Associated Press. (http://biz.stats.com) |
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