Each year, the baseball handbook that bears the name of the father of sabermetrics, Bill James, has a wealth of baseball information that comes out just at the right time, the beginning of the offseason, a worthy tome to peruse all winter.
In addition to career statistics for every active major-league player, the book has articles by James and others on various baseball topics, including one by James himself that he terms “the longest essay in the 30-year history of this book” on the Hall of Fame and who might be headed that way in future years, based on how previous inductees have fared.