The Making of Modern Baseball (eBook)
349 Seiten
Meyer & Meyer (Verlag)
978-1-78255-483-7 (ISBN)
A former college and semiprofessional athlete with an undergraduate degree in accounting and master's degrees in business administration and economics, and also a doctorate in economics, Frank P. Jozsa Jr. is the author of several books on team sports in professional baseball, basketball, and football, and others on intercollegiate sports programs and the role and progress of male and female student athletes on campuses of American colleges and universities. His memoir, A Hoosier's Journey: Athlete, Student, Teacher, and Author was published in 2011. Jozsa has also written several articles published in journals, magazines, and newspapers. His dissertation-'An Economic Analysis of Franchise Relocation and League Expansion in Professional Team Sports, 1950?1975'-was completed in 1977 at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. After teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in business administration, economics, finance, and statistics for more than three decades, Jozsa retired from Pfeiffer University in 2007.
A former college and semiprofessional athlete with an undergraduate degree in accounting and master's degrees in business administration and economics, and also a doctorate in economics, Frank P. Jozsa Jr. is the author of several books on team sports in professional baseball, basketball, and football, and others on intercollegiate sports programs and the role and progress of male and female student athletes on campuses of American colleges and universities. His memoir, A Hoosier's Journey: Athlete, Student, Teacher, and Author was published in 2011. Jozsa has also written several articles published in journals, magazines, and newspapers. His dissertation—"An Economic Analysis of Franchise Relocation and League Expansion in Professional Team Sports, 1950−1975"—was completed in 1977 at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. After teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in business administration, economics, finance, and statistics for more than three decades, Jozsa retired from Pfeiffer University in 2007.
ABBREVIATIONS
| AA | American Association |
| ABA | American Basketball Association |
| ABC | American Broadcasting Corporation |
| ABG | American Baseball Guild |
| AFL | American Federation of Labor |
| AL | American League |
| ALCS | American League Championship Series |
| ALDS | American League Division Series |
| AOL | America Online |
| A’s | Athletics |
| BA | Batting average |
| BABIP | Batting average on balls in play |
| BALCO | Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative |
| BPBBP | Brotherhood of Professional Base Ball Players |
| BIS | Baseball info solutions |
| BB/K | Walk to strikeout rate |
| BB% | Walk rate |
| BB/9 | Walks per nine innings |
| BHOF | Baseball Hall of Fame |
| BJ | Blue Jays |
| BWAA | Baseball Writers Association of America |
| CBA | Collective bargaining agreement |
| CBS | Columbia Broadcasting System |
| CD | Central Division |
| CDT | Comprehensive drug testing |
| CEO | Chief executive officer |
| CFL | Canadian Football League |
| CL | Continental League |
| CT | Connecticut |
| DC | District of Columbia |
| dERA | Defense-Independent ERA |
| DH | Designated hitter |
| DRS | Defensive runs saved |
| EBITDA | Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization |
| ED | East Division |
| ERA | Earned run average |
| ESPN | Entertainment Sports Programming Network |
| FB% | Fly ball percentage |
| FIP | Fielding independent pitching |
| FL | Federal League |
| FPBPA | Fraternity of Professional Baseball Players of America |
| FSR | Scouting report |
| GB% | Ground ball percentage |
| GG | Gold Glove |
| GTA | Greater Toronto Area |
| HD | High definition |
| HGH | Human growth hormone |
| HHI | Herfindahl-Hirschman Index |
| IFFB% | Infield fly ball percentage |
| IPA | Independent program administrator |
| ISO | Isolated power |
| ISD | Idealized standard deviation |
| JSC | Joint study committee |
| K% | Strikeout rate |
| K/9 | Strikeouts per nine innings |
| KU | Kansas University |
| LA | Los Angeles |
| LAAA | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim |
| LCS | League Championship Series |
| LD% | Line drive percentage |
| LI | Leverage index |
| LOB% | Left on base percentage |
| MA | Massachusetts |
| MD | Maryland |
| MLB | Major League Baseball |
| MLBPA | Major League Baseball Players Association |
| MLS | Major League Soccer |
| MO | Missouri |
| MOY | Manager of the Year |
| MRP | Marginal revenue product |
| MVP | Most Valuable Player |
| MXL | Mexican League |
| NA | Not applicable |
| NB | Nebraska |
| NBA | National Basketball Association |
| NBC | National Broadcasting Corporation |
| NC | North Carolina |
| NFL | National Football League |
| NHL | National Hockey League |
| NJ | New Jersey |
| NL | National League |
| NLCS | National League Championship Series |
| NLDS | National League Division Series |
| NLRA | National labor relations act |
| NLRB | National labor relations board |
| NNL | Negro National League |
| NPR | National Public Radio |
| NY | New York |
| OBP | On-base... |
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.2.2020 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Aachen |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport |
| Schlagworte | America's Favorite Pastime • Baseball • baseball history • baseball managment • baseball regulation • baseball stats • History • Major League Baseball • MLB |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78255-483-1 / 1782554831 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78255-483-7 / 9781782554837 |
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