The Baseball Encyclopedia; The Complete and Official Record of Major League Baseball
New York: Macmillian Publishing Company, 1990. Eighth Edition, Revised, Updated and Expanded [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Format is approximately 8.75 inches by 11.125 inches by 3.75 inches. viii, 2781, [7] pages. Tabular data. Highlighting noted in a few places in tabular data sections. This is a very large and heavy book and would require additional shipping charges if sent outside of the United States. Includes an Introduction America's Game: A Brief History of Baseball, Special Achievements, All-Time Leaders, The Teams and Their Players, Home/Road Performance, Manager Register, Player Register, Pitcher Register, Trades, National Association Register, Negro Leagues Register, The World Series and Championship Playoffs, All-Star Games, and Appendices which includes Sources, Decisions of the Special Baseball Records Committee, and Major Changes in Playing Rules and Scoring Rules. The Baseball Encyclopedia is a baseball reference book first published by Macmillan in 1969. Nine further editions of the book were released between 1974 and 1996. The Baseball Encyclopedia features statistical summaries for Major League Baseball (MLB) players. Baseball reference books that predate The Baseball Encyclopedia include the Baseball Cyclopedia, which was first released in 1922, and The Official Encyclopedia of Baseball, which was published during the 1950s and 1960s. Statistician David Neft first proposed a new baseball encyclopedia in 1965. Two years later, he pitched the idea to Bob Markel, Macmillan's executive editor. Markel liked the concept and eventually Macmillan bought rights to The Baseball Encyclopedia, despite concerns about the proposed $25 price of the book. Starting in 1976, new editions of the Baseball Encyclopedia were released every three years for the next several versions. In 1990, the eighth edition came out. Along with updates that brought the number of MLB players covered to more than 13,000, six fielding statistics were newly added to players' summaries, which necessitated the use of larger pages. A directory with information for over 130 Negro league players active from 1920 to 1950 was also included, as was information on teams' home and away records and streaks. Numerous changes were made to historical statistics; among them was reducing Honus Wagner's career hit total by 12, which was enough to cost him two percentage points from his career batting average and drop him one place on the all-time hit list. Three years later, the ninth edition, which was no longer endorsed by Major League Baseball, was published. The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was given a section in the book, a first for The Baseball Encyclopedia. The final version of The Baseball Encyclopedia, the 10th, came out in 1996. Condition: Good / Good.
Keywords: Reference Works, Research Aids, Major League Baseball, MLB, Professional Sports, Pitchers, Home Runs, All-Stars, World Series, Statistics, Teams, American League, National League, Negro Leagues, Sports Records
ISBN: 0025790404
[Book #84960]
Price: $115.00