BILL JAMES

“A rare combination of amateur logician and sociologist, stylist, humorist, and stern moralist" 
— Time Magazine

Bill James is the best known baseball analyst in the world, making his mark in the 1970s and 1980s with his BASEBALL ABSTRACTS. He is the innovator of a plethora of performance measures such as Runs Created, Major League Equivalency for minor league players and Win Shares, just to name a few. He coined the term “sabermetrics” to capture this new philosophy of analysis and has been tearing down preconceived notions about America's national pastime ever since. The value of his approach and predictions led to his position as a Senior Advisor on Baseball Operations for the Boston Red Sox from 2002 to 2019, a period in which the franchise won four World Series championships.

James is also the acclaimed author of two books on crime: POPULAR CRIME: REFLECTIONS ON THE CELEBRATION OF VIOLENCE and THE MAN FROM THE TRAIN: DISCOVERING AMERICAN’S MOST ELUSIVE SERIAL KILLER, co-written with his daughter, Rachel McCarthy

James lives in Lawrence, Kansas, with his wife, Susan McCarthy, and three children.

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