Great Encyclopedia Of Nineteenth Century Major League Baseball
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The Great Encyclopedia Of Nineteenth Century Major League Baseball
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Author : David Nemec
language : en
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Release Date : 2006-06-04
The Great Encyclopedia Of Nineteenth Century Major League Baseball written by David Nemec and has been published by University of Alabama Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-06-04 with Reference categories.
The authoritative compendium of facts, statistics, photographs, and analysis that defines baseball in its formative first decades This comprehensive reference work covers the early years of major league baseball from the first game—May 4, 1871, a 2-0 victory for the Fort Wayne Kekiongas over the visiting Cleveland Forest City team—through the 1900 season. Baseball historian David Nemec presents complete team rosters and detailed player, manager, and umpire information, with a wealth of statistics to warm a fan’s heart. Sidebars cover a variety of topics, from oddities—the team that had the best record but finished second—to analyses of why Cleveland didn’t win any pennants in the 1890s. Additional benefits include dozens of rare illustrations and narrative accounts of each year’s pennant race. Nemec also carefully charts the rule changes from year to year as the game developed by fits and starts to formulate the modern rules. The result is an essential work of reference and at the same time a treasury of baseball history. This new edition adds much material unearthed since the first edition, fills gaps, and corrects errors, while presenting a number of new stories and fascinating details. David Nemec began the lifetime labor that helped produced this work in 1954 and admits it may never end, as there always will be some obscure player whose birth date has not yet been found. Until perfection is achieved, this work offers state-of-the-art accuracy and detail beyond that supplied by even modern baseball encyclopedias. As Casey Stengel, who was born during this era, was wont to say, “you could look it up.” Now you can.
Great Encyclopedia Of Nineteenth Century Major League Baseball
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Author : David Nemec
language : en
Publisher: Dutton Adult
Release Date : 1997
Great Encyclopedia Of Nineteenth Century Major League Baseball written by David Nemec and has been published by Dutton Adult this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Covers major league baseball from 1871 to 1900, and provides team rosters, player statistics, season summaries, rule changes, and ball park descriptions
Before They Were Cardinals
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Author : Jon David Cash
language : en
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Release Date : 2002
Before They Were Cardinals written by Jon David Cash and has been published by University of Missouri Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Mark McGwire, Ozzie Smith, Lou Brock. These famous Cardinals are known by baseball fans around the world. But who and what were the predecessors of these modern-day players and their team? In Before They Were Cardinals, Jon David Cash examines the infancy of major-league baseball in St. Louis during the last quarter of the nineteenth century. His in-depth analysis begins with an exploration of the factors that motivated civic leaders to form the city's first major-league ball club. Cash delves into the economic trade rivalry between Chicago and St. Louis and examines how St. Louis's attempt to compete with Chicago led to the formation of the St. Louis Brown Stockings in 1875. He then explains why, three years later, despite its initial success, St. Louis baseball quickly vanished from the big-league map. St. Louis baseball was revived with the arrival of German immigrant saloon owner Chris Von der Ahe. Cash explains how Von der Ahe, originally only interested in concession rights, purchased a controlling interest in the Brown Stockings. His riveting account follows the team after Von der Ahe's purchase, from the formation of the American Association, to its merger in 1891 with the rival National League. He chronicles Von der Ahe's monetary downturn, and the club's decline as well, following the merger. Before They Were Cardinals provides vivid portraits of the ball players and the participants involved in the baseball war between the National League and the American Association. Cash points out significant differences, such as Sunday games and beer sales, between the two Leagues. In addition, excerpts taken from Chicago and St. Louis newspapers make the on-field contests and off-field rivalries come alive. Cash concludes this lively historical narrative with an appendix that traces the issue of race in baseball during this period. The excesses of modern-day baseball--players jumping contracts or holding out for more money, gambling on games, and drinking to excess; owners stealing players and breaking agreements--were all present in the nineteenth-century sport. Players were seen then, as they are now, as an embodiment of their community. This timely treatment of a fascinating period in St. Louis baseball history will appeal to both baseball aficionados and those who want to understand the history of baseball itself.
Major League Baseball Profiles 1871 1900
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Author : David Nemec
language : en
Publisher: Bison Books
Release Date : 2011-09
Major League Baseball Profiles 1871 1900 written by David Nemec and has been published by Bison Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In its infancy, major league baseball was anyone's game, open to a dizzying array of rogues and scamps, athletic giants and captains of industry, hustlers, managers, and umpires who transformed club-based teams into the first professional federations with formalized rules--and commercial considerations. This two-volume work--with its profiles of every key contributor to the major league game from May 4, 1871, through December 31, 1900--is truly "inside baseball." Volume 1 profiles all the key position players and pitchers of the nineteenth century, giving detailed information about each player's role in the game, his debut and finale, high points and low, most important achievements, relationship to ground-breaking diamond occurrences, in addition to fascinating personal information. Volume 2 features Hall of Famers who played in the era, as well as twenty other figures who aren't yet enshrined but arguably should be because of their considerable impact on the game. It also profiles early day baseball's crooks, madcaps, homicide victims, suicides, and missing persons, in addition to the managers, team owners, and umpires who helped give the game its structure and shape. More than a collection of mere facts and statistics, Major League Baseball Profiles provides a unique history of the evolution of major league baseball, from the date of the first major league game in 1871 through the 1900 season, which marked not only the close of a century but also the unofficial end of what many believe to be the formative period of the game.
The Rank And File Of 19th Century Major League Baseball
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Author : David Nemec
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2012-04-19
The Rank And File Of 19th Century Major League Baseball written by David Nemec and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-19 with Sports & Recreation categories.
With this volume, David Nemec completes his remarkable trilogy of 19th-century baseball biographies, covering every major league player, manager, umpire, owner and league official. It provides in-depth information on many figures unknown to most historians. Each detailed entry includes vital statistics, peer-driven analysis of baseball-related skills, and an overview of the individual's role in the game. Also chronicled are players' first and last major league games, most important achievements, movements from team to team, and much more. By bringing attention to these overlooked baseball personalities, this reference work immeasurably enriches our knowledge of 19th century major league baseball.
Major League Baseball Profiles 1871 1900 Volume 2
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Author : David Nemec
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2011-09-01
Major League Baseball Profiles 1871 1900 Volume 2 written by David Nemec and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
"The business of baseball and player transactions by David Ball"-- t.p.
Total Baseball
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Author : John Thorn
language : en
Publisher: Total Sports
Release Date : 2001
Total Baseball written by John Thorn and has been published by Total Sports this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Sports & Recreation categories.
A comprehensive baseball reference offers exhaustive and up-to-date information on baseball players from the nineteenth century to the present, covering statistical leaders, lifetime records of players, team lineups, and other data.
Major League Baseball Profiles 1871 1900 Volume 1
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Author : David Nemec
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2011-09-01
Major League Baseball Profiles 1871 1900 Volume 1 written by David Nemec and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
"The business of baseball and player transactions by David Ball"-- t.p.
Nineteenth Century Baseball
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Author : Marshall D. Wright
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 1996
Nineteenth Century Baseball written by Marshall D. Wright and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Sports & Recreation categories.
In March 1871, ten of the United States' most powerful professional baseball clubs met in Brooklyn, New York. Out of that meeting came the sport's first major league: the National Association of Professional Baseball Players. The Philadelphia Athletics, with a record of 21-7, captured the new circuit's first championship. From the National Association through the American League's inaugural season in the final year of the century, this work is a year-by-year statistical history of the teams and players of the nineteenth century's major leagues. The teams are listed by league, with full rosters and complete statistics for each player. An introductory section for each year places the league in historical perspective. Exhaustive team and player indexes are also included.
The Culture And Ethnicity Of Nineteenth Century Baseball
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Author : Jerrold I. Casway
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2017-05-15
The Culture And Ethnicity Of Nineteenth Century Baseball written by Jerrold I. Casway and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-15 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Evolving in an urban landscape, professional baseball attracted a dedicated fan base among the inhabitants of major cities, including ethnic and racial minorities, for whom the game was a vehicle for assimilation. But to what extent were these groups welcomed within the world of baseball, and what effect did their integration—or, as in the case of African Americans, their ultimate inability to integrate—have on the culture of a pastime that had recently become a national obsession? How did their mutual striving for acceptance affect relations between these minorities? (In deep and long-lasting ways, as it turns out.) This book provides a carefully considered portrait of baseball as both a sporting profession—one with quick-changing rules and roles—and as an institution that reinforced popular ideas about cultural identity, masculinity and American exceptionalism.