[1] The book focuses primarily on the many formulas involved in computing the final number of win shares accumulated.

Fielding contributions are allocated among the fielders based on multiple assumptions and a selection of traditional defensive statistics.

[3] In Major League Baseball, based on a 162-game schedule, a typical All-Star player might accumulate around 20 win shares in a season.

Achieving 40 or more win shares in a season is considered exceptional and represents a historic level of performance.

[4] Glenn Guzzo echoed him in The New Ballgame: Baseball Statistics for the Casual Fan, calling it a "groundbreaking volume".

[7] In A Mathematician at the Ballpark: Odds and Probabilities for Baseball Fans, Professor Ken Ross describes the book as "erudite and interesting".

"[10] The Concord Monitor noted that at a game "a few ultra-dedicated fans even sit in the back row with their Bill James books and calculators tabulating Mainers win shares".