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The National Association of Base Ball Players, 1857-1870 / Marshall D. Wright.
LIBRA GV875.N18 W75 2000
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wright, Marshall D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National Association of Base Ball Players (U.S.)--History--Chronology.
- National Association of Base Ball Players (U.S.).
- National Association of Base Ball Players (U.S.)--Statistics.
- National Association of Base Ball Players (U.S)--History--Chronology.
- History.
- Local Subjects:
- National Association of Base Ball Players (U.S.)--Statistics.
- National Association of Base Ball Players (U.S)--History--Chronology.
- Genre:
- Statistics.
- Chronologies.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 388 pages ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- National Association of Baseball Players, 1857-1870
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2000]
- Summary:
- Before the onset of professional baseball, there existed a myriad of teams and players going back to the 1840s. The early years centered around an organization known as the National Association of Base Ball Players. This group, the antecedents of which date to 1857, governed the world of baseball until the formation of the first all-professional league in 1871. This book is the definitive statistical reference to that organization, from its humble beginnings through its explosive growth after the Civil War, culminating with its coast-to-coast inclusion of several hundred amateur and professional clubs. Relying for the most part on primary sources, the author has included introductory essays for each year, complete team statistics, every game score, and individual batting and pitching statistics for all players.
- Contents:
- Prelude: The Knickerbocker Club 1
- 1857 The Association Begins 7
- 1858 New York vs. Brooklyn 15
- 1859 Baseball Clubs 28
- 1860 Spreading the Gospel 41
- 1861 Home and Home 54
- 1862 Throwing and Pitching 64
- 1863 Battlefields and Ballfields 73
- 1864 The Fly Game 82
- 1865 The Atlantics of Brooklyn 94
- 1866 Country Clubs 110
- 1867 National Tour 139
- 1868 Bases on Hits 186
- 1869 The Reds of Sixty-Nine 238
- 1870 End Game 284
- Postlude: Breaking Away 328.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-334) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edmund J. Kahn Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0786407794
- OCLC:
- 43607454
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