Baseball greatness : top players and teams according to wins above average, 1901-2017 / David Kaiser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaiser, David E., 1947- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball players--Rating of--United States.

Baseball players.

Baseball players--Rating of.

History.

United States.

Baseball players--United States--Statistics.

Baseball players--United States--History.

Genre:

Statistics.

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 240 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]

Summary:

"The importance of pitching is found to be vastly exaggerated. Many Hall of Fame pitchers (and some hitters) achieved immortality almost entirely on the backs of their teammates, while a few over-qualified players still await induction. Focusing on today's rosters, the Wins Above Average assessment shows that the game is threatened by an unprecedented shortage of great players"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 The Missionary and Lost Generation Era, 1901-1924 23

2 The Lost and GI Generation Era, 1925-1945 43

3 The GI and Silent Generation Era, 1946-1966 70

4 The Silent and Boom Generation Era, 1967-1983 116

5 The Boom and Gen X Era, 1984-2004 145

6 The Gen X and Millennial Era, 2005-2017 189.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781476663838

1476663831

OCLC:

1020300107