The Nov. 28 book review "Pigskin Philosophy"
quoted author Michael Lewis’ assertion that NFL quarterbacks threw
7,583 passes in 1960. In fact, quarterbacks from two different
professional football leagues, the NFL and the AFL, threw that number
of passes in 1960, according to a statistician Lewis consulted. Lewis
says that he has alerted his publisher to the mistake; a correction
will be made in future printings of the book. The review also cited the
total number of passes thrown in 1960 and 2000 as an indication of the
increasing popularity of the passing game. That comparison, however,
does not account for the increase in the total number of games played
each season during that period. A more appropriate measure is the
number of passes thrown per game. The review has been corrected. Link
