The Sports Encyclopedia

by Neft, David S.; Cohen, Richard M.; Neft, Michael L.

• ISBN13: 9780312272258
• ISBN10: 0312272251
• Edition: 21st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Griffin

Summary

THE SPORTS ENCYCLOPEDIA: BASEBALL 2001 is packed with statistics and history.Organized year by year, it follows each team's ups and downs with seasonal summaries and every player's totals.Its features include: *All-time batting and pitching leaders*Every player's season and lifetime stats*Every World Series game*MVPs, Triple Crown winners, and Hall of Fame members*Every no-hitter since 1901*Exciting text about each season's pennant race*All the classic stories and famous legends *Every award winner from the M.V.P. to the Cy Young. AUTHORBIO: DAVID S. NEFT is a noted sports historian and co-author of the The Sports Encyclopedia series. He is a statistician and vice president of research for the Gannett Company.He lives in New York City. MICHAEL L. NEFT, the son of David Neft, assisted in the research of this book.

Table of Contents

Preface	3	(1)
Codesand Explanations	4	(1)
The Great Mississippi	5	(4)
1876-1900 A Journey Through a Once and Distant Time	9	(2)
1876-1900 Stars	10	(1)
1901-1919 When the Ball Was Dead and the Bases Alive With the Scurrying of Feet	11	(112)
1901 A Name Any Other Was Not the Same (A.L.) Breaking Up That Old Monopoly (N.L.)	12	(4)
1902 Checkmate (A.L.), The Worst Laid Plans...(N.L.)	16	(4)
1903 The First Embarrassment of a New Peace	20	(4)
1904 Chesbro and the One That Got Away (A.L.), One Iron Hand, Two Iron Arms, and Only a Pennant...(N.L.)	24	(4)
1905 Whitewashing the Elephants	28	(4)
1906 West Side, South Side, It's Still Chicago	32	(4)
1907 A Peach in The Summer and a Goat In the Fall	36	(4)
1908 Forty-Five Feet Toward Immortality	40	(4)
1909 Cobb-Everything But the Last Laugh	44	(4)
1910 The Day It All Became ``Official''	48	(4)
1911 The Fire Fighters of Philadelphia	52	(4)
1912 All For One and All to Sixth	56	(4)
1913 Offenses and Defenses Along the Eastern Front	60	(4)
1914 The Miricle in Boston (A.L. and N.L.)	64	(4)
1914 Gilmore's Green Glory (Federalleague)	68	(2)
1915 A Short Life (Federal League)	70	(2)
1915 The White Elephant Crumbles (A.L. and N.L.)	72	(4)
1916 Streaking to Nowhere	76	(4)
1917 Little Napoleon Returns to the Front	80	(4)
1918 The ``Non-Essential'' Season	84	(4)
1919 Prelude to Disaster	88	(4)
1901-1919 Alphabetical Register of Batters	92	(18)
1901-1919 Alphabetical Register of Pitchers	110	(13)
1920-1945 Then There Was Ruth, the Yankees, and the Things You Could Count On	123	(142)
1920 Here Comes De Judge	124	(4)
1921 The Year They Took the Series Underground	128	(4)
1922 It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's...	132	(4)
1923 The Haunting Eviction	136	(4)
1924 New York-Seven Flags in Four Years	140	(4)
1925 The Abdominal Disaster That a Ched a Dynasty	144	(4)
1926 The Spoils of Temperament	148	(4)
1927 The Finest Crop	152	(4)
1928 That Near Eclispe Over the Bronx	156	(4)
1929 The Return From Exile	160	(4)
1930 The Guns of Summer	164	(4)
1931 Adding Pepper to the Wounds	168	(4)
1932 Start With Hornsby and End Withruth	172	(4)
1933 A Starry Conglomerate	176	(4)
1934 Dizzy and Daffy and Dizzy	180	(4)
1935 A Last Hurrah and a First Championship	184	(4)
1936 Pains and Streaks and Tears	188	(4)
1937 The Battery Trouble in Detroit	192	(4)
1938 The Struggle For Second Fiddle	196	(4)
1939 Mccarthy's Final Walk	200	(4)
1940 Baker's Shift and Mckechnie's Dozen	204	(4)
1941 That Magnificent Streak	208	(4)
1942 Branch Rickey and His Victory Garden	212	(4)
1943 The Lesser Struggle	216	(4)
1944 Meet Me In St. Louis, Louie...	220	(4)
1945 Green Berg's Grand Return	224	(6)
World War II Military Service	228	(2)
1920-1945 Alphabetical Register of Batters	230	(20)
1920-1945 Alphabetical Register of Pitchers	250	(15)
1946-1960 Goin' for The Pump	265	(81)
1946 South of the Border	266	(4)
1947 Never a Dull Moment	270	(4)
1948 Nylons and Orchids	274	(4)
1949 The Arrival of Casey and His Magic Bag	278	(4)
1950 Whiz, Sweep, and a Couple of Farewells	282	(4)
1951 Ouch	286	(4)
1952 A Lesson From the Old Professor	290	(4)
1953 One More Time	294	(4)
1954 The Year the Indians Almost Took It Allapart	298	(4)
1955 Forget About Next Year	302	(4)
1956 October's Revenge	306	(4)
1957 Glory for the Gentry and A Championship to the Young	310	(4)
1958 O'malley's Rambling Meadows	314	(4)
1959 Don't Count Your Pennantsuntil They Hatch	318	(4)
1960 Stengel's Last Hurrah	322	(4)
1946-1960 Alphabetical Register of Batters	326	(10)
1946-1960 Alphabetical Register of Pitchers	336	(10)
1961-1972 Unlocking the Floodgates	346	(385)
1961 Preserving History With an Asterisk	346	(5)
1962 Circulating Into a Second Place	351	(5)
1963 Shutting Out the Ghost of Autumnspast	356	(5)
1964 Play It Again, Phil	361	(5)
1965 An Appointment With Disaster	366	(5)
1966 Heads You Win, Tails You Lose	371	(5)
1967 The Fury At Fenway	376	(5)
1968 The Revenge of'30	381	(5)
1969 The Miricle At Flushing Meadows	386	(6)
1970 Damned If You Do	392	(6)
1971 Fast and Blue and Wait ``Til Next Year''	398	(6)
1972 Tragedy, Protest, and Finley's Moustachebrigade	404	(6)
1961-1972 Alphabetical Register of Batters	410	(9)
1961-1972 Alphabetical Register of Pitchers	419	(9)
1973-2000
1973 O, Charley O.	428	(7)
1974 Aaron in April, oakland in October	435	(6)
1975 Coming up Red	441	(6)
1976 100 Years Later	447	(6)
1977 All That Money Canbuy	453	(8)
1978 A Fold For All Seasons	461	(8)
1979 The Older They Get	469	(8)
1980 Anything Worth Waiting For	477	(8)
1981 The Sixteenth Man	485	(10)
1982 Coming Back From a Strike	495	(8)
1983 Weaver's Replacement Does It All	503	(8)
1984 And the Lights Did Not Go On	511	(8)
1985 A Good Year Nevertheless	519	(9)
1986 Heroics Upon Heroics	528	(9)
1987 A Year of Homers and Heroics	537	(9)
1988 The Unexpected Dodgers	546	(9)
1989 Giamatti/Rose and The Quake	555	(9)
1990 Red's Rise and The Year of the No-Hitter	564	(9)
1991 And the Last Shall Be First	573	(9)
1992 Oh, Canada!	582	(9)
1993 Carter's Blast Makes Jays' Reign Last	591	(10)
1994 The Fans Arestruck Out	601	(8)
1995 A Season For Healing	609	(11)
1996 The Year of the Homer	620	(11)
1997 Purists Go Home	631	(11)
1998 McGwire 70, Sosa 66	642	(12)
1999 A Statisfactory Finish	654	(12)
2000 New Millenium, Old Game	666	(12)
1973-2000 Alphabetical Register of Batters	678	(27)
1973-2000 Alphabetical Register of Pitchers	705	(26)
LEADERS AND FEATURES	731	(1)
Hall of Fame	732	(2)
Pennant Winners	734	(2)
Yearly Batting Leaders	736	(8)
Yearly Pitching Leaders	744	(6)
Single Season Leaders	750	(5)
Lifetime Leaders	755	(6)
No-Hitters	761	(2)
Team Leaders	763	(2)
Awards	765	(2)
World Series Leaders	767	(2)
Non-Playing Managers	769	(1)
Active Leaders	770	(2)
McGwire & Sosa-1998	772