The Negro leagues were major leagues : historians reappraise black baseball / edited by Todd Peterson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Peterson, Todd, 1963- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Negro leagues--History.

Negro leagues.

Negro leagues--Statistics.

Baseball--United States--Statistics.

Baseball.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]

Summary:

"How good was Negro League Baseball (1920-1948)? Some experts maintain that the quality of play was equal to that of the American and National Leagues. Some believe the Negro Leagues should be part of Major League Baseball's official record and that more NL players should be in the Hall of Fame. Skeptics contend that while many players could be rated highly, NL organizations were minor league at best. Drawing on the most comprehensive data available, including stats from more than 2,000 interracial games, this study finds that black baseball was very good indeed. Negro leaguers beat the big leaguers more than half the time in head-to-head contests, demonstrated stronger metrics within their own leagues and excelled when finally allowed into the majors. The authors document the often duplicitous manner in which MLB has dealt with the legacy of the Negro Leagues, and an appendix includes the scores and statistics from every known contest between Negro League and Major League teams." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Baseball is the music of mathematics / Larry Lester

The case for the Negro Leagues / Todd Peterson

Measuring equality : a statistical comparison of the Negro Leagues to the Major Leagues based on the 1925 season / Richard J. Puerzer

Gray area : homestead vs. the minor leagues / Scott Simkus

The color of money : salaries and performance in pre- and post-integration baseball / Michael Haupert

Winning in the crucible of white-hot competition / Jeffery S. Williams

The top ten reasons why the Negro Leagues should be declared a major league / Ted Knorr

Hotel resorts and the emergence of the black baseball professional : riverine and maritime communities, 1867-1890 / James E. Brunson III

Leading off : the Cuban giants / Tony Kissel

Rube Foster : Negro League giant / Robert C. Cottrell

John Donaldson : restoring the legacy of segregated baseball's greatest pitcher / Pete Gorton

THe measure of failure : Atlanta baseball and community development in the 1930s and 1970s / Thomas Aiello

Changing the way they do business : Jackie Robinson, iIntegration and the origins of organizational culture in organized baseball / Michael E. Lomax

Separate but unequal / Philip J. Lowry

Monuments : the shaping of Negro Leagues public memory / Josh Howard

Appendix I: NLB vs. MLB, 1885-1924

Appendix II: NLB vs. MLB All-Stars, 1902-1948

Appendix III: NLB vs. MLB batting, pitching and fielding statistics, 1886-1948

Appendix IV: Batting and pitching statistics of Negro leaguers in MLB and Triple A

Appendix V: Black minor league batting and pitching leaders, 1946-1975

Appendix VI: MLB/NLB throwback games, 1994-2017.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-3642-7

9781476636429