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Palmer began his career as a baseball analyst when he worked for the Raytheon Corporation as a Radar systems Engineer . At night, after his co-workers had left for the day, Palmer used the company's (at the time) cutting-edge computers to run advanced simulations analyzing historical baseball statistics. In 1982 , Palmer gained notoriety when he, recognizing a scorekeeper's error as he pored over decades-old Box Scores , discovered that Nap Lajoie 's 1910 Batting Average was several points higher than Ty Cobb 's, causing the official Major League Baseball record books to be re-written. Palmer also innovated the Linear Weights method of estimating a player's offensive contributions, an invention that will likely be his lasting legacy. Many of Palmer's works were written in partnership with John Thorn , including ''The Hidden Game of Baseball'' and '' Total Baseball ''; the latter book also featured, in later editions, the contributions of editor Michael Gershman . Palmer's most recent contributions have come to the '' Baseball Encyclopedia '' series, published in recent years with the help of ESPN . Palmer has also written an interesting breakdown of how the Boston Red Sox utilize the sacrifice bunt. The article appears in the Maple Street Press 2006 Red Sox Annual . |
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