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He is a former editor of the macmillan baseball encyclopedia and coauthor of amazing mets trivia, the great alltime baseball record book, the miracle has landed, and the macmillan baseball encyclopedia quiz book. Baseball encyclopedia reference book is out of print. What happened to the baseball encyclopediathe complete. Best baseball books the 20 best baseball books ever.
No single volume sings the epic saga of the game with quite the rhythms of the baseball encyclopedia. Beside this line of encyclopedias, neft edited more than a dozen other sports books. Details statistics from united states baseball teams and players from before 1900 through the previous season, including draft information, and provides lists of award winners and world champion. According to the book s earlier editions, proctor had appeared in a. The diamond has a central pitchers mound with bases at three corners. Stay up to speed on all we have to offerplus activities, crafts, and blogs for parents and educators in our newsletter. The ability to create season or career leader lists in any category using multiple criteria is a feature that is. The baseball encyclopedia the complete and official record. The baseball encyclopedia original vintage 1969 macmillan. National geographic said, everything you want to know about baseball is on this site. The most important book ever published on negro league baseball, petersons pioneering tome brought the other side of the color line to life, and helped make a case for the eventual hall of fame.
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Ernie banks played in both the negro leagues and the major leagues. As thick as a manhattan telephone book remember phone books. Recognized the world over as the authoritative source for baseball statistics, this book provides reliable, accesible, objective information on every aspect of the game. Get the best deals on baseball encyclopedia when you shop the. Joe this is a very important book in that its the first mass market i know there were others before it publication to presage the coming revolution in baseball statistics. It even has all the stats for the federal league in 1914 and 1915.
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For example, for several early editions of the baseball encyclopedia, there was a fellow named lou proctor listed in the book. Perusing it, it becomes clear why ted williams was a firstballot hall of famer career batting average of. Seventeen editions of the football encyclopedia were published the last in 1998. In fact baseball states they have relied heavily on its statistics. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus.
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