Doug Decatur

Doug Decatur is a baseball writer and one of the pioneers of the modern age of baseball analysis.[1]

Career

Beginning in 1984, he worked as a statistical consultant to five major league baseball teams: 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 Author Ron Kaplan as the 157th must read baseball book of all-time in Kaplan's book titled, 501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read Before They Die.[3]

The movie and book Moneyball was vindication for all early statistical pioneers in major league baseball.[4]

Doug 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, KY. He just completed a fictional novel, Black Acre with his wife, actor, playwright and publicist, Susan Medure Decatur.

References
  1. "Doug Decatur". Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  2. "Traded: Inside The Most Lopsided Trades In Baseball History". WasWatching.com. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  3. "Where traditional scouting and statistical analysis intersect". Star Tribune.
  4. "Beware the Lopsided Trade". Retrieved August 7, 2015.
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