Fantasy Baseball Math: Using Stats to Score Big in Your League

By Allan Morey

Baseball fans may never crush a major league homer, but they can still capture some glory by playing fantasy baseball. Using statistical data and basic math, young baseball fans can learn all they need to know to run their own fantasy team and dominate their league.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: Aug 1, 2016
• ISBN: 9781515752561

Allan Morey

Some of Allan Morey's favorite childhood memories are from the time he spent on a farm in Wisconsin. Everyday he saw cows, chickens, and sheep. He even had a pet pig named Pete. He developed a great appreciation of animals, big and small. Allan currently lives in St Paul with his family and dog, Ty, who keeps him company while he writes children's books.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

BATTER UP!

CHAPTER 1

UNDERSTANDING THE STATS

CHAPTER 2

TYPES OF FANTASY LEAGUES

CHAPTER 3

PLAYER POSITIONS

CHAPTER 4

THE DRAFT

CHAPTER 5

MANAGING YOUR TEAM

GLOSSARY

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INTERNET SITES

INDEX

BATTER UP!

Major League Baseball (MLB) is an exciting game of home runs and strikeouts. But you don’t need to be a big-hitting slugger or pitching ace to get in on the action. With fantasy baseball, you can feel the excitement of slamming a home run or zipping a fastball over the plate. Running your own all-star fantasy team helps bring your pro baseball dreams to life.

Baseball is a statistics-driven game. Everything is tracked, from a batter’s hits to a pitcher’s strikes thrown. Learning who the best players are can help you succeed. But you’ll need to know more to dominate your league. You’ll need to understand how players rack up their stats. You’ll also want to know how each position can affect your team. With this knowledge, and some careful planning, you can capture the glory of a championship!

statistics—numbers, facts, or other data collected about a specific subject

FANTASY FACT

In the 1970s baseball historian Bill