Bill James

"Professionalism in medicine has given us medial miracles for the affluent but hospitals that will charge $35 for aspirin."

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Source: Bill Johnson (2014). “Experience the Impossible: Simple Ways to Unleash Heaven's Power on Earth”, p.39, Chosen Books

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Bill James

Bill James

Statistician

Bill James is a baseball writer and statistician known for pioneering sabermetrics, fundamentally changing how the game is analyzed and understood.

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