The Sports Encyclopedia

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

• ISBN13: 9780312350017
• ISBN10: 0312350015
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2006-02-07
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Summary

In time for the start of the new baseball season comes the perennial bestseller The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball 2006. Packed with statistics and history and organized by year, this information-packed book is all a baseball fan needs to follow their favorite teams, or any teams, seasonal history, complete with season summaries and players totals. For baseball fans and fantasy baseball players, this exhaustive tome features: All-time batting and pitching leaders Every players season and lifetime stats Every World Series game M.V.P.s, Triple Crown winners, and Hall of Fame members Every no-hitter since 1901 Exciting reviews of each seasons pennant race All the classic stories and famous legends Every award winner from the M.V.P. to the Cy Young.

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 3
Codes and Explanations	p. 4
The Great Mississippi	p. 5
1876-1900 A Journey Through a Once and Distant Time	p. 9
1876-1900 Stars	p. 10
1901-1919 When the Ball Was Dead and the Bases Alive with the Scurrying of Feet	p. 11
1901 A Name by Any Other Was Not the Same (A.L.) Breaking Up That Old Monopoly (N.L.)	p. 12
1902 Checkmate (A.L.), The Worst Laid Plans... (N.L.)	p. 16
1903 The First Embarrassment of a New Peace	p. 20
1904 Chesbro and the One That Got Away (A.L.), One Iron Hand, Two Iron Arms, and Only A Pennant...(N.L.)	p. 24
1905 Whitewashing the Elephants	p. 28
1906 West Side, South Side, It's Still Chicago	p. 32
1907 A Peach in the Summer and a Goat in the Fall	p. 36
1908 Forty-Five Feet Toward Immortality	p. 40
1909 Cobb-Everything But the Last Laugh	p. 44
1910 The Day It All Became "Official"	p. 48
1911 The Fire Fighters of Philadelphia	p. 52
1912 All for One and All to Sixth	p. 56
1913 Offenses and Defenses Along the Eastern Front	p. 60
1914 The Miricle in Boston (A.L. and N.L.)	p. 64
1914 Gilmore's Green Glory (Federal League)	p. 68
1915 A Short Life (Federal League)	p. 70
1915 The White Elephant Crumbles (A.L. and N.L.)	p. 72
1916 Streaking to Nowhere	p. 76
1917 Little Napoleon Returns to the Front	p. 80
1918 The "Non-Essential" Season	p. 84
1919 Prelude to Disaster	p. 88
1901-1919 Alphabetical Register of Batters	p. 92
1901-1919 Alphabetical Register of Pitchers	p. 110
1920-1945 Then There Was Ruth, the Yankees, and the Things You Could Count on	p. 123
1920 Here Comes de Judge	p. 124
1921 The Year They Took the Series Underground	p. 128
1922 It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's...	p. 132
1923 The Haunting Eviction	p. 136
1924 New York-Seven Flags in Four Years	p. 140
1925 The Abdominal Disaster That Ached A Dynasty	p. 144
1926 The Spoils of Temperament	p. 148
1927 The Finest Crop	p. 152
1928 That Near Eclispe Over the Bronx	p. 156
1929 The Return from Exile	p. 160
1930 The Guns of Summer	p. 164
1931 Adding Pepper to the Wounds	p. 168
1932 Start with Hornsby and End with Ruth	p. 172
1933 A Starry Conglomerate	p. 176
1934 Dizzy and Daffy and Dizzy	p. 180
1935 A Last Hurrah and a First Championship	p. 184
1936 Pains and Streaks and Tears	p. 188
1937 The Battery Trouble in Detroit	p. 192
1938 The Struggle for Second Fiddle	p. 196
1939 Mccarthy's Final Walk	p. 200
1940 Baker's Shift and Mckechnie's Dozen	p. 204
1941 That Magnificent Streak	p. 208
1942 Branch Rickey and His Victory Garden	p. 212
1943 The Lesser Struggle	p. 216
1944 Meet Me in St. Louis, Louie...	p. 220
1945 Greenberg's Grand Return	p. 224
World War II Military Service	p. 228
1920-1945 Alphabetical Register of Batters	p. 230
1920-1945 Alphabetical Register of Pitchers	p. 250
1946-1960 Goin' for the Pump	p. 265
1946 South of the Border	p. 266
1947 Never a Dull Moment	p. 270
1948 Nylons and Orchids	p. 274
1949 The Arrival of Casey and His Magic Bag	p. 278
1950 Whiz, Sweep, and a Couple of Farewells	p. 282
1951 Ouch	p. 286
1952 A Lesson from the Old Professor	p. 290
1953 One More Time	p. 294
1954 The Year the Indians Almost Took it All Apart	p. 298
1955 Forget About Next Year	p. 302
1956 October's Revenge	p. 306
1957 Glory for the Gentry and A Championship to the Young	p. 310
1958 O'Malley's Rambling Meadows	p. 314
1959 Don't Count Your Pennants Until They Hatch	p. 318
1960 Stengel's Last Hurrah	p. 322
1946-1960 Alphabetical Register of Batters	p. 326
1946-1960 Alphabetical Register of Pitchers	p. 336
1961-1972 Unlocking the Floodgates	p. 345
1961 Preser Ving History with an Asterisk	p. 346
1962 Circulating Into a Second Place	p. 351
1963 Shutting Out the Ghost of Autumns Past	p. 356
1964 Play it Again, Phil	p. 361
1965 An Appointment with Disaster	p. 366
1966 Heads You Win, Tails You Lose	p. 371
1967 The Fury at Fenway	p. 376
1968 The Revenge of '30	p. 381
1969 The Miricle at Flushing Meadows	p. 386
1970 Damned if You Do	p. 392
1971 Fast and Blue and Wait 'Til Next Year	p. 398
1972 Tragedy, Protest, and Finley's Moustache Brigade	p. 404
1961-1972 Alphabetical Register of Batters	p. 410
1961-1972 Alphabetical Register of Pitchers	p. 419
1973-2004	p. 427
1973 O, Charley O.	p. 428
1974 Aaron in April, Oakland in October	p. 435
1975 Coming Up Red	p. 441
1976 100 Years Later	p. 447
1977 All That Money Can Buy	p. 453
1978 A Fold for All Seasons	p. 461
1979 The Older They Get	p. 469
1980 Anything Worth Waiting For	p. 477
1981 The Sixteenth Man	p. 485
1982 Coming Back From a Strike	p. 495
1983 Weaver's Replacement Does It All	p. 503
1984 And the Lights Did Not Go on	p. 511
1985 A Good Year Nevertheless	p. 519
1986 Heroics Upon Heroics	p. 528
1987 A Year of Homers and Heroics	p. 537
1988 The Unexpected Dodgers	p. 546
1989 Giamatti/Rose and the Quake	p. 555
1990 Reds' Rise and the Year of the No-Hitter	p. 564
1991 And the Last Shall Be First	p. 573
1992 Oh, Canada!	p. 582
1993 Carter's Blast Makes Jays'reign Last	p. 591
1994 The Fans are Struck Out	p. 601
1995 A Season for Healing	p. 609
1996 The Year of the Homer	p. 620
1997 Pursts Go Home	p. 631
1998 McGwire 70, SOSA 66	p. 642
1999 A Satisfactory Finish	p. 654
2000 New Millenium, Old Game	p. 666
2001 Stocks Down, Bonds Up	p. 678
2002 In with the Old, in with the New	p. 690
2003 Unreliable	p. 702
2004 The Line on the Chart Rises	p. 714
2005 For It's a Long, Long While from April to October	p. 726
1973-2005 Alphabetical Register of Batters	p. 738
1973-2005 Alphabetical Register of Pitchers	p. 770
Leaders and Features	p. 803
Pennant Winners	p. 804
Yearly Batting Leaders	p. 806
Yearly Pitching Leaders	p. 814
Single Season Leaders	p. 820
Lifetime Leaders	p. 825
No-Hitters	p. 831
Team Leaders	p. 833
Awards	p. 835
World Series Leaders	p. 837
Non-Playing Managers	p. 839
Hall of Fame	p. 840
Active Leaders	p. 844
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