The Biographical History of Baseball

by Dewey, Donald

• ISBN13: 9781572434707
• ISBN10: 1572434708
• Edition: Limited
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Triumph Books

Summary

This new, revised edition of The Biographical History of Baseball uses up-to-date statistical research to create the most accurate picture possible of the on-field accomplishments of players from earlier eras. It offers original summaries of the personalities and contributions of over 1,500 players, managers, owners, front office executives, journalists, and ordinary fans who developed this great American game into our national pastime. Each individual included has had an impact on the sport as mass entertainment or as a cultural phenomenon, as an athletic art or a business enterprise. It also includes for the first time entries on players like Sammy Sosa and Albert Belle, and expands on the entries for players like Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds in order to demonstrate the impressive outburst of offense since the last edition.

Author Biography

Donald Dewey has written The Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball Teams (with Nicholas Acocella), two novels, and a biography of Marcello Mastroianni. He is a past winner of the Nelson Algren Prize for Fiction Nicholas Acocella wrote The All-Time All-Star Baseball Book (with Donald Dewey) and was an editor at Major League Publications. He lives in Hoboken, New Jersey, the cradle of baseball

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. v
Introduction	p. v
Hank Aaron to Joe Azcue	p. 1
Carlos Baerga to Tommy Byrne	p. 16
Francisco Cabrera to Kiki Cuyler	p. 52
Jay Dahl to Len Dykstra	p. 91
Joseph Eastman to Buck Ewing	p. 116
Red Faber to Carl Furillo	p. 124
Eddie Gaedel to Tony Gwynn	p. 145
Stan Hack to Cap Huston	p. 174
Pete Incaviglia to Art Irwin	p. 206
Bo Jackson to Billy Jurges	p. 207
Jim Kaat to Bob Kuzava	p. 220
Chet Laabs to Ted Lyons	p. 235
Connie Mack to Jim Mutrie	p. 254
Jim Nabors to Joe Nuxhall	p. 302
Rebel Oakes to Danny Ozark	p. 309
John Paciorek to Harry Pulliam	p. 319
Tom Qualters to Jack Quinn	p. 337
Charlie Radbourne to Nolan Ryan	p. 340
Fred Saigh to Stuart Symington	p. 374
William Howard Taft to Jim Tyng	p. 417
Peter Ueberroth to George Uhle	p. 429
Bobby Valentine to Chris Von Der Ahe	p. 431
Rube Waddell to Early Wynn	p. 440
Abe Yager to Robin Yount	p. 467
Zip Zabel to George Zoeterman	p. 472
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