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Baseball's war roster : a biographical dictionary of Major and Negro League players who served, 1861 to the present / Brett Kiser.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kiser, Brett.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baseball players--United States--Biography--Dictionaries.
- Baseball players.
- African American baseball players--Biography--Dictionaries.
- African American baseball players.
- Baseball--United States--History--Dictionaries.
- Baseball.
- Negro leagues--History--Dictionaries.
- Negro leagues.
- Armed Forces.
- Sports.
- History.
- United States--Armed Forces--Sports--History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 278 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2012]
- Summary:
- "This exhaustive volume, arranged chronologically by conflict, then alphabetical by player, chronicles every known former Major League and Negro League player who served in the U. S. military during wartime. Entries list each player's position and career statistics and include a short narrative of his military and athletic career"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Civil War - Spanish-American War 3
- World War I 12
- World War II 60
- Korean War - Vietnam War 218
- Calling on Cooperstown 262.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786466795
- 0786466790
- OCLC:
- 733232537
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