It's a Numbers Game! Baseball: The math behind the perfect pitch, the game-winning grand slam, and so much more!

Buckley, Jr. James

ISBN 10: 1426371578 ISBN 13: 9781426371578

Verlag: National Geographic Kids, 2021

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With every hit, ball, strike, and home run numbers are being calculated on the baseball field. Get ready to learn all the ways digits and math factor into the game, from the countless statistics used to measure an individual player's game to the exact timing used to steal a base. Read about all the greatest players from baseball history and get fun facts, like what the most retired jersey number is. Discover what countries dominate in the Little League World Series and check out cool graphics that show the frequency of hits to every part of the field. Jam-packed with sports trivia, awesome photos, and fun activities at the end of every chapter, this number-focused look at the game is the ultimate grand slam.

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JAMES BUCKLEY, JR. is the author of more than 100 books for young readers on basketball, baseball, football, soccer, and more. A former editor at Sports Illustrated and NFL Publishing, he is also the author of the top-selling annual Scholastic Year in Sports. In the non-sports world, he has written a dozen titles in the New York Times best-selling Who Was...? biography series. He lives in Santa Barbara, California, where he runs the Shoreline Publishing Group, a leading producer of nonfiction for kids.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: National Geographic Kids
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1426371578
• ISBN 13: 9781426371578
• Einband: Bibliothekseinband
• Anzahl der Seiten: 128
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