Principles

• Bill James Primer - In his own words, James lists his most important findings
• The Sabermetric Manifesto - by David Grabiner

Studies

• Nelson Lu's RC/27 reports - a look at measuring a player's value above replacement level
• MLEs (minor-league equivalencies) - Are minor league stats a good precictor of major league performance?
• Protection - Does it exist? (David Grabiner)
• The Protection Mini-FAQ (David Marasco)
• Clutch Hitting - Do some hitters perform better in clutch situations? (David Grabiner)
• Evaluating Negro Leaguers FAQ (David Marasco)

Tools

• Similarity Scores - Dan Levitt created this Excel worksheet for calculating how similar two hitters are. Includes all of the data needed to run. Now updated with 1998 stats!
• Brock 2 is a projection tool created by Bill James to project a player's future performance.
  • Source code and documentation by David Grabiner
  • Spreadsheet versions by Bob Collins - Excel 97, Excel 5.0, Quattro Pro
• Source Code for Lineup Optimizer