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Biographical Dictionary of American Sports [Three Volumes] Set
Baseball, Revised and Expanded Edition
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Book Code: GR9884
ISBN: 0-313-29884-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-29884-4
2064 pages, photos, appendices,bibs.
Greenwood Press
Publication: 4/30/2000
List Price: $446.95 (UK Sterling Price: £255.00)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • Useful and enjoyable for baseball enthusiasts, this title is recommended for large sports collections and libraries serving a baseball-loving public.
    —Choice
  • With its significant treatment of non-major league players, this title treats baseball as a large-scale American phenomenon and distinguishes itself from [other books] in its coverage of many more minor and Negro League players....Entertaining and useful....Any library that wants to have a serious baseball reference section will need the Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: Baseball.
    —Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
Description: A standard source of first referral, Porter's multivolume Biographical Dictionary of American Sports now adds a long-awaited revised and expanded edition of the popular 1987 Baseball volume and its supplements. This 3-volume work profiles over 1,450 baseball luminaries, including current stars, former major league players, managers, umpires, executives, and Negro League and All-American Girls Professional Baseball League stars. All entries from earlier volumes are revised and updated, and 477 new figures are added. A handy reference, this comprehensive work provides more biographical information on these baseball professionals than any other reference available. Contributed by baseball historians, educators, and journalists, each profile highlights biographical data, career records, accomplishments, and honors; discusses the subject's accomplishments; and provides bibliographic information. These volumes will be an invaluable reference for baseball aficionados and all libraries.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Biographical Dictionary of American Sports
  • Baseball, Revised and Expanded Edition
  • Appendix 1: Entries by Place of Birth
  • Appendix 2: Entries by Main Position Played
  • Appendix 3: Major League Managers
  • Appendix 4: Major League Executives
  • Appendix 5: Major League Umpires
  • Appendix 6: National Baseball Hall of Fame Members
  • Appendix 7: Negro League Entries
  • Appendix 8: All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Entries
  • Index
LC Card Number: 99-14840
LCC Class: GV865
Dewey Class: 796
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