Baseball : the biographical encyclopedia / edited by David Pietrusza, Matthew Silverman, Michael Gershman ; interior illustrations by Andy Nelson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pietrusza, David, 1949-

Silverman, Matthew, 1965-

Gershman, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball players--United States--Biography.

Baseball players.

Baseball.

United States.

Baseball--United States--History.

History.

Baseball--Encyclopedias.

Genre:

Biographies.

Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

xiii, 1298 pages : illustrations, portraits (some color) ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Kingston, N.Y. : Total Sports Illustrated, [2000]

Summary:

Baseball: The Biographical Encyclopedia is the perfect companion to the ultimate classic baseball reference work, Total Baseball. Whereas Total Baseball, now in its sixth edition, lists the statics of every player in major league history, Baseball: The Biographical Encyclopedia reveals the stories of 2,000 of the national pastime's greatest movers and shakers.

The book includes baseball's most renowned players--from Hank Aaron to Richie Zisk; its greatest managers; greatest umpires; most influential executives; most memorable minor leaguers; and greatest Negro Leaguers. Even the game's most significant sportswriters and announcers have a place in Baseball: The Biographical Encyclopedia.

Every Hall of Famer is here, as is every commissioner and world championship manager. Their biographies can be found alongside every league Most Valuable Player and Cy Young Award winner, plus every postseason MVP.

There are the favorites of our youth--and of many other generation's as well--whether it's a Jimmv Piersall or a Dick Allen, a Luis Tiant or a Ted Kluszewski, a Dixie Walker or a Ron Guidrv, a Bobo Newsom or a Tug McGraw. They're all between these covers.

We havent's left out the fun stuff. The lineup includes Eddie Gaedel, the 3-foot 7-inch, 65-pound midget flamboyant owner Bill Veeck sent up to pinch-hit back in 1951; counter-cultural Red Sox pitcher Bill "The Spaceman" Lee--he gave new meanings to the word lefthander; Tin Pan Alley's Jack Norworth, who wrote the immortal Take Me Out to the Ball Game--without having actually seen a game; Detroit's Mark "The Bird" Fidrvch--who made us see baseball in a fresh new way; and Mary Throneberry, the spectaculary inept first baseman who put the "Marv" in "Marvelous Mets."

Complimenting it all are 2,000 historic thumbnail photos and numerous handsome illustrations by artist Andy Nelson. There's never been a sports reference book as lavish or exhaustive as this one. You can pick up Baseball: The Biographical Encyclopedia, turn to any page and find a great story about this great game. Baseball: The Biographical Encyclopedia has the people, the history, the laughs, the tears, the thrills that made you fall in love with baseball in the first place.

Contents:

A Aaron to Avila 1

B Babich to Butts 43

C Cabell to Cuyler 157

D Dahlen to Dykstra 259

E Earnshaw to Ewing 323

F Faber to Furillo 341

G Gaedel to Gwynn 389

H Haas to Hutchison 455

I Incaviglia to Ivie 543

J Jackson to Justice 547

K Kaat to Kuhn 583

L Labine to Lvons 631

M MacFayden to Myers 691

N Nagy to Nuxhall 825

O Oates to Owen 839

P Paciorek to Pulliam 859

Q Quinn to Quisenberry 909

R Radatz to Ryan 911

S Saberhagen to Swoboda 993

T Tabler to Tyler 1109

U Ueberroth to Upshaw 1151

V Vail to Vuckovich 1155

W Waddell to Wynn 1177

Y Yastrzemski to Yount 1263

Z Zachary to Zisk 1277.

ISBN:

1892129345 :

OCLC:

44050688