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Provides a unique history of the evolution of Major League baseball

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Explanation of Player Profile Statistics
Chapter 1: The Hall of FamersChapter 2: 20 for the Hall of Fame
Chapter 3: The Managers
Chapter 4: The Front Office
Chapter 5: The Umpires
Chapter 6: Baseball’s Most Wanted
Chapter 7: Rogues GalleryChapter 8: The Louisville ScandalChapter 9: Death on the Diamond
Chapter 10: Famous Firsts & LastsChapter 11: Early Day Ethnics
Chapter 12: Hustlers and MountebanksChapter 13: Clubhouse LawyersChapter 14: Homicides and SuicidesChapter 15: Notable One GamersChapter 16: One Year WondersChapter 17: Rugged Room RoomiesChapter 18: Minor League MaestrosChapter 19: Life after Baseball
BibliographyList of ContributorsAuthor's Previous Works
Index
 

About the Author

David Nemec is the author of twenty-three baseball books, including Great Encyclopedia of 19th-Century Major League Baseball, winner of the Sporting News SABR Baseball Research Award.

Reviews

"Whether you are a newcomer to the wonderful world of nineteenth-century baseball or consider yourself to be an expert, you will learn much in this wonderful collection of biographical sketches. While other books have focused on the great pennant races or teams of the era, no book has so vividly presented the colourful stories of so many players as these two volumes do. You will be entertained and you will be smarter, once you spend some time with these books." Mark Armour, author of Joe Cronin: A Life in Baseball "David Nemec belongs in the Hall of Fame of early baseball research. Here, he uses a wealth of fascinating details to breathe life back into many little-known nineteenth-century ballplayers whose exploits and, at times, sheer grit are well worth remembering and celebrating." Edward Achorn, author of Fifty-Nine in '84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had