The Sports Plus take
Baseball stats and math, made fun for kids.
From batting averages to the split-second timing of a stolen base, this National Geographic Kids book shows how numbers run the game. It's packed with photos, fun facts, graphics and an activity at the end of every chapter, with a foreword by former big-league pitcher Sean Doolittle. A sneaky way to get a baseball-crazy kid doing math. Pairs well with It's a Numbers Game! Hockey on our hockey shelf.
Shelf
How it reads
Grades 4-8
Best for
- Kids ages 8-12
- Young baseball and softball players
- Kids who love stats
About this book
- Author
- James Buckley Jr.
- Publisher
- National Geographic Kids
- Published
- February 2, 2021
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 128
- ISBN-10
- 142637156X
- ISBN-13
- 978-1426371561
Book description
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.
About the author
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.




