Editing Bill James (section)

===Post-''Abstract''s work===
In 1988, James ceased writing the ''Abstract'', citing workload-related burnout and concern about the volume of statistics on the market.  He has continued to publish hardcover books about baseball history, which have sold well and received admiring reviews.  These books include three editions of ''The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract'' (1985, 1988, 2001, the last entitled ''The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract'').

James has also written several series of new annuals:
* ''The Baseball Book'' (1990–1992) was a loosely organized collection of commentary, profiles, historical articles, and occasional pieces of research.  James's assistant [[Rob Neyer]] was responsible for much of the research, and wrote several short pieces.  Neyer went on to become a featured baseball columnist at [[ESPN]] and [[SB Nation]].
* ''The Player Ratings Book'' (1993–95) offered statistics and 50-word profiles aimed at the [[fantasy baseball]] enthusiast.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090221035535/http://actasports.com/detail.html?&id=9780879463403 The Bill James Handbook] (2003–present) provides past-season statistics and next-season projections for Major League players and teams, and career data for all current Major League players. Results for the [[Fielding Bible Awards]], an alternative to the [[Rawlings Gold Glove Award|Gold Glove Awards]] voted on by a 10-person panel that includes James, are also included.<ref>{{cite news
 | title = Franklin Gutierrez wins the 2008 Fielding Bible Award for best fielding right fielder in Major League Baseball
 | date = October 30, 2008
 | url=http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20081030&content_id=3655084&vkey=pr_cle&fext=.jsp&c_id=cle
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916161440/http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20081030&content_id=3655084&vkey=pr_cle&fext=.jsp&c_id=cle
 | url-status = dead
 | archive-date = September 16, 2011
 | work = cleveland.indians.mlb.com
 | access-date = November 18, 2010
 | quote = Cleveland Indians third-year man Franklin Gutierrez won the 2008 Fielding Bible Award for right field in an announcement made November 1, 2008, in The Bill James Handbook 2009.
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
 | title = Yadier Molina leads fifth annual "Fielding Bible Awards"
 | first = Aaron
 | last = Gleeman
 | author-link = Aaron Gleeman
 | url = http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/11/01/yadier-molina-leads-fifth-annual-fielding-bible-awards/
 | work = NBCSports.com
 | date = November 1, 2010
 | access-date = November 18, 2010
 | quote = Voted on by a 10-person panel that includes Bill James, Peter Gammons, Joe Posnanski, Rob Neyer, and John Dewan as well as the entire video scouting team at Baseball Info Solutions, the award sets out to recognize the best defensive player at each position, regardless of league.
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101103232951/http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/11/01/yadier-molina-leads-fifth-annual-fielding-bible-awards/
 | archive-date = November 3, 2010 | url-status = live
}}</ref>
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100316224509/http://www.actasports.com/detail.html?&id=9780879463205 The Bill James Gold Mine] (2008–2010) was a collection of new essays and never-before-seen statistics, as well as profiles of players and teams.
* Playing off the name of the earlier series, ''Solid Fool's Gold:  Detours on the Way to Conventional Wisdom'' (2011) was a mixed collection of both baseball-related and miscellaneous pieces, culled from the Bill James Online archives (see below).

In 2008, James launched [http://www.billjamesonline.com/ Bill James Online]. Subscribers could read James's new, original writing and interact with one another—as well as with James—in a question-and-answer format. The web site also offered new "profiles" of teams and players full of facts and statistics that hoped to map what James has termed "the lost island of baseball statistics". On June 9, 2023, James wrote an article for the site announcing that it would soon be closed in order for James to "focus on other projects".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billjamesonline.com/a_sunset_over_the_hill/ |publisher=Bill James Online |date=June 9, 2023 |title=A sunset over the hill}}</ref>