The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball 2005

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

• ISBN13: 9780312337865
• ISBN10: 0312337868
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2005-02-01
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Summary

The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball 2005covers the history of every player, every team, and every season from 1902 through 2005, with detailed statistics and text summaries, as well as full coverage of this year's exciting pennant race. -Which team became the first in history to come back from a 31 deficit to win the World Series? -Who was the only player to pinch-hit a World Series homerun? -Who became the first to manage five straight pennant winners, and in what years did he do it? -What 1970s team won a pennant with only one player hitting more than twenty homers, no player driving in eighty runs, no player stealing even ten bases, no player hitting .300, and only one pitcher winning more than fifteen games? The answers to these and thousands of other baseball questions can be found in this fully up-to-date, fact-filled reference book.

Author Biography

David S. Neft and Richard M. Cohen are noted sports historians and co-authors of the Sports Encyclopedia series. David S. Neft was a statistician and vice president of research for the Gannett Company before retiring. He lives in New York City. Michael L Neft, the son of David Neft, is the director of MegaSports for the Associated Press.

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