Major league baseball players of 1916 : a biographical dictionary / Paul Batesel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Batesel, Paul, 1938-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball players--United States--Biography--Dictionaries.

Baseball players.

Baseball players--United States--Statistics.

United States.

Genre:

Statistics.

Biographies.

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

vii, 207 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2007]

Summary:

"Provided is discussion of the era and the 1916 season, information on the players' ethnic and geographic origins, ages, average physical sizes; player performance; post-playing careers, mortality statistics. The main body of the work is arranged alphabetically, and each entry includes career and biographical information, statistics, post-baseball accomplishments and death. Many rare photographs accompany the text"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Players 5

Appendix A The 1916 Season 167

Appendix B What Manner of Men Were These? 170

Appendix C Career Baseball Statistics 175

Appendix D Occupational and Mortality Data 188.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-192) and index.

ISBN:

0786427825

9780786427826

OCLC:

71126740