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The California Winter League : America's first integrated professional baseball league / by William F. McNeil.
Van Pelt Library GV875.C35 M36 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McNeil, William.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- California Winter League (Baseball league)--History.
- California Winter League (Baseball league).
- Baseball--California--History--20th century.
- Baseball.
- History.
- California.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 325 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2002]
- Summary:
- This is the first complete history of the California Winter League from its murky beginnings around 1912 to its golden years in the twenties and thirties to its demise in the mid-1940s. It provides an overview of the local amateur ball clubs' evolution into the semi-professional league, detailed summaries for the official seasons of 1920 through 1947, and accounts of the exciting pennant races between the Negro League teams and the white professional teams.
- Contents:
- California, from wasteland to fantasyland
- The California Winter League, an overview
- The early years, 1900-1919
- Season summaries, 1920-1924
- Season summaries, 1925-1929
- Season summaries, 1930-1934
- Season summaries, 1935-1939
- Season summaries, 1940-1944
- Season summaries, 1945-1947
- A final look back.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 311) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0786413018
- OCLC:
- 49627671
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