Doug Decatur is a baseball writer and one of the pioneers of the modern age of baseball analysis.

Career

Beginning in 1984, he worked as a statistical consultant to five major league baseball teams, the

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and Atlanta Braves. Decatur is the author of ''Behind-the-Scenes-Baseball'' and ''Traded'', both published by ACTA Sports, Chicago Illinois. ''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''. The book '' Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game'' and the movie ''

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'' were vindication for all early statistical pioneers in major league baseball. 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. He has completed a fictional novel, ''Black'' ''Acre'' with his wife, the actor, playwright and publicist, Susan Medure Decatur.

References

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