If Bill James is the father of sabermetrics, then Ted Oliver is the grandfather. In this book - published in 1944 - he explains his Weighted Rating System for pitchers. Book is signed by Oliver in fountain pen on the title page, and dated Dec 10, 1944. We guarantee all uncertified autographs to pass 3rd party authentication with CAS our authenticator of choice. If you want to get autographs certified you need to notify us before you pay. We submit them for you. If an autograph doesn't pass we refund both the purchase price AND the authentication fee.