Some questions from a handicapping newbie

[DBaseball23]

Hello. Im new to SBR. I have been betting for about a year and half now and doing pretty well in basball this season. But there is so much more that I want to learn about handicapping. What would be your advice to a newbie like myself?? Is there any books or and other references that can teach me about the strategies and analyzing that goes into handicapping??

I have been browsing this forum for about 3-4 days now and have learned so much already from you guys. Pretty awesome knowledge thats out there. Also, where do you all go to check out your stats when planning a wager. For example, if I want to know what a pitcher's ERA is against a particular team or how effective a certian team's bullpen is. Any help or advice would be great appreciated. Thanks

[donjuan]

DERA, RF, EqA. These are useful stats.

AVG, RBIs, Wins, ERA. These are not useful stats.

[MrX]

There are many ways to skin a cat, but I'm with donjuan.

Find and utilize stats that have more predictive value than what the rest of the world is using.