Deadball Stars of the American League - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1574889826 ISBN 13: 9781574889826

Publisher: Potomac Books Inc, 2006

Synopsis

Three years after the release of the first volume of the series, Deadball Stars of the National League, the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) and Potomac Books are publishing its companion volume. Return to the period when “inside baseball” meant a game of bunting, stealing, and using a sodden, tobacco-stained ball few players could hit out of the oddly configured urban ballparks of another age. Where the initial volume introduced readers to one of the most colorful and important periods in baseball history, this volume explores the lives and performances of the stars, regulars, and major figures in the upstart junior circuit.

Guided by expert contributors from SABR, fans will learn about the eight teams that banded together to challenge the National League and become the second major league. Readers will learn about the great team that Connie Mack built in Philadelphia and about the famed outfield duo of Ty Cobb and Sam Crawford in Detroit. They will also read the stories of the players who won the World Series in Chicago in 1917 before they became infamous as the Black Sox in the 1919 Series. Lavishly illustrated, Deadball Stars of the American League features more than 200 photographs and the autographs of all of the players profiled. It is a unique resource for a defining era of baseball history.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Features more than 140 players and personalities from one of baseball's most colorful periods, 1901-1919; Presents baseball biographies of early American League stars such as Ty Cobb, Shoeless Joe Jackson, and Smoky Joe Wood; Created by the game's unparalleled historical research organization.

About the Author:

David Jones is the editor of this product of years of research by the Deadball Era Committee of the Society for American Baseball Research. He lives in Scotia, New York and is a doctorate student in African History at the University at Albany.

About this edition

• Publisher: Potomac Books Inc
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1574889826
• ISBN 13: 9781574889826
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 812
• Editor: Jones David