The arrival of the American League : Ban Johnson and the 1901 challenge to National League monopoly / Warren Wilbert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilbert, Warren N.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American League of Professional Baseball Clubs--History.

American League of Professional Baseball Clubs.

History.

Johnson, Ban.

Physical Description:

viii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2007]

Summary:

"In 1901, Charles Comiskey and Ban Johnson launched a brazen challenge to the National League's supremacy. This book covers the American League's origins in the Western League, the decisions and planning that laid the groundwork for the American League, and in detail, the 1901 season that established the AL as a new major league"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Baseball in the hinterlands

Not minor but not yet major

A new major league readies for debut

The American League : season openers

A pennant race is underway

In the heat of July, 1901

The turn of the century and the American League race

The first American League champion : Chicago bests Boston

The junior circuit : major league in 1901?

Toward 1902 ... and later

The American League's best in 1901

Appendices

A. Napoleon Lajoie, breach of contract and the great baseball war

B. 1901 : the best in each league

C. The 1901 American League all-rookie team

D. Hall of famers active in the American league's inaugural season

E. Best hitters and pitchers in the 1901 American League

Chapter notes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-224) and index.

ISBN:

9780786430130

0786430133

OCLC:

137324915