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Biographical Dictionary of American Sports [Three Volumes] Set, Baseball, Revised and Expanded Edition
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David L. Porter, ed.
ISBN: 0-313-29884-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-29884-4
2064 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 4/30/2000
List Price: $446.95 (UK Sterling Price: £308.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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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
About the Author: DAVID L. PORTER is Louis Tuttle Shangle Professor of History at William Penn College In addition to being editor of Greenwood's multivolume Biographical Dictionary of American Sports, he is editor of African-American Sports Greats (Greenwood, 1995) and an associate editor of American National Biography.
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