Doug Decatur
Doug Decatur is a baseball writer and one of the pioneers of the modern age of baseball analysis.[1]
Career
[edit]Beginning in 1984, he worked as a statistical consultant to five major league baseball teams, the Cincinnati Reds, Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves.[2]
Decatur is the author of Behind-the-Scenes-Baseball and Traded, both published by ACTA Sports, Chicago Illinois.[2] Traded was ranked by the author Ron Kaplan as the 157th must read baseball book of all time in his book, 501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read Before They Die.[3]
The book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game and the movie Moneyball were vindication for all early statistical pioneers in major league baseball.[4]
Decatur is also an accomplished playwright, having staged both 10-minute and full-length plays for Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative and The Village Players in Fort Thomas, Kentucky.[citation needed] He has completed a fictional novel, Black Acre with his wife, the actor, playwright and publicist, Susan Medure Decatur.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Doug Decatur". ACTA Sports. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
- ^ a b "Traded: Inside The Most Lopsided Trades In Baseball History". Was Watching. Archived from the original on September 13, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
- ^ John Parker Hageman (March 19, 2010). "Where traditional scouting and statistical analysis intersect". Star Tribune.
- ^ "Beware the Lopsided Trade". Retrieved August 7, 2015.
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