Preface | p. 3 |
Codes and Explanations | p. 4 |
The Great Mississippi | p. 5 |
1876-1900 A Journey Through a once and Distant Time | p. 9 |
1876-1900 Stars | p. 10 |
1901-1919 When the Ball Was Dead and the Bases Alive with the Scurrying of Feet | p. 11 |
1901 A Name by Any Other Was Not the Same (A.L.) Breaking Up That Old Monopoly (N.L.) | p. 12 |
1902 Checkmate (A.L.), the Worst Laid Plans... (N.L.) | p. 16 |
1903 The First Embarrassment of a New Peace | p. 20 |
1904 Chesbro and the One That Got Away (A.L.), One Iron Hand, Two Iron Arms, and Only a Pennant...(N.L.) | p. 24 |
1905 Whitewashing the Elephants | p. 28 |
1906 West Side, South Side, It's Still Chicago | p. 32 |
1907 A Peach in the Summer and a Goat in the Fall | p. 36 |
1908 Forty-Five Feet Toward Immortality | p. 40 |
1909 Cobb-Everything But the Last Laugh | p. 44 |
1910 The Day It All Became "Official" | p. 48 |
1911 The Fire Fighters of Philadelphia | p. 52 |
1912 All for One and All to Sixth | p. 56 |
1913 Offenses and Defenses Along the Eastern Front | p. 60 |
1914 The Miricle in Boston (A.L. and N.L.) | p. 64 |
1914 Gilmore's Green Glory (Federal League) | p. 68 |
1915 A Short Life (Federal League) | p. 70 |
1915 The White Elephant Crumbles (A.L. and N.L.) | p. 72 |
1916 Streaking to Nowhere | p. 76 |
1917 Little Napoleon Returns to the Front | p. 80 |
1918 The "Non-Essential" Season | p. 84 |
1919 Prelude to Disaster | p. 88 |
1901-1919 Alphabetical Register of Batters | p. 92 |
1901-1919 Alphabetical Register of Pitchers | p. 110 |
1920-1945 Then There Was Ruth, the Yankees, and the Things You Could Count on | p. 123 |
1920 Here Comes De Judge | p. 124 |
1921 The Year They Took the Series Underground | p. 128 |
1922 It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's... | p. 132 |
1923 The Haunting Eviction | p. 136 |
1924 New York-Seven Flags in Four Years | p. 140 |
1925 The Abdominal Disaster That Ached a Dynasty | p. 144 |
1926 The Spoils of Temperament | p. 148 |
1927 The Finest Crop | p. 152 |
1928 That Near Eclispe Over the Bronx | p. 156 |
1929 The Return From Exile | p. 160 |
1930 The Guns of Summer | p. 164 |
1931 Adding Pepper to the Wounds | p. 168 |
1932 Start with Hornsby and End with Ruth | p. 172 |
1933 A Starry Conglomerate | p. 176 |
1934 Dizzy and Daffy and Dizzy | p. 180 |
1935 A Last Hurrah and a First Championship | p. 184 |
1936 Pains and Streaks and Tears | p. 188 |
1937 The Battery Trouble in Detroit | p. 192 |
1938 The Struggle for Second Fiddle | p. 196 |
1939 Mccarthy's Final Walk | p. 200 |
1940 Baker's Shift and Mckechnie's Dozen | p. 204 |
1941 That Magnificent Streak | p. 208 |
1942 Branch Rickey and His Victory Garden | p. 212 |
1943 The Lesser Struggle | p. 216 |
1944 Meet Me in St. Louis, Louie... | p. 220 |
1945 Greenberg's Grand Return | p. 224 |
World War II Military Service | p. 228 |
1920-1945 Alphabetical Register of Batters | p. 230 |
1920-1945 Alphabetical Register of Pitchers | p. 250 |
1946 -1960 GOIN' for the Pump | p. 265 |
1946 South of the Border | p. 266 |
1947 Never a Dull Moment | p. 270 |
1948 Nylons and Orchids | p. 274 |
1949 The Arrival of Casey and his Magic Bag | p. 278 |
1950 Whiz, Sweep, and a Couple of Farewells | p. 282 |
1951 Ouch | p. 286 |
1952 A Lesson from the Old Professor | p. 290 |
1953 One More Time | p. 294 |
1954 The Year the Indians Almost Took It All Apart | p. 298 |
1955 Forget about Next Year | p. 302 |
1956 October's Revenge | p. 306 |
1957 Glory for the Gentry and a Championship To the Young | p. 310 |
1958 O'Malley's Rambling Meadows | p. 314 |
1959 Don't Count Your Pennants Until They Hatch | p. 318 |
1960 Stengel's Last Hurrah | p. 322 |
1946-1960 Alphabetical Register of Batters | p. 326 |
1946-1960 Alphabetical Register of Pitchers | p. 336 |
1961-1972 Unlocking the Floodgates | p. 345 |
1961 Preserving History with an Asterisk | p. 346 |
1962 Circulating Into a Second Place | p. 351 |
1963 Shutting Out the Ghost of Autumns Past | p. 356 |
1964 Play It Again, Phil | p. 361 |
1965 An Appointment with Disaster | p. 366 |
1966 Heads You Win, Tails You Lose | p. 371 |
1967 The Fury at Fenway | p. 376 |
1968 The Revenge of '30 | p. 381 |
1969 The Miricle at Flushing Meadows | p. 386 |
1970 Damned if You do | p. 392 |
1971 Fast and Blue and Wait 'Til Next Year | p. 398 |
1972 Tragedy, Protest, and Finley's Moustache Brigade | p. 404 |
1961-1972 Alphabetical Register of Batters | p. 410 |
1961-1972 Alphabetical Register of Pitchers | p. 419 |
1973-2000 | p. 427 |
1973 O, Charley O. | p. 428 |
1974 Aaron in April, Oakland in October | p. 435 |
1975 Coming Up Red | p. 441 |
1976 100 Years Later | p. 447 |
1977 All That Money Can Buy | p. 453 |
1978 A Fold for All Seasons | p. 461 |
1979 The Older They Get | p. 469 |
1980 Anything Worth Waiting for | p. 477 |
1981 The Sixteenth Man | p. 485 |
1982 Coming Back from a Strike | p. 495 |
1983 Weaver's Replacement Does It All | p. 503 |
1984 And the Lights Did Not Go On | p. 511 |
1985 A Good Year Nevertheless | p. 519 |
1986 Heroics Upon Heroics | p. 528 |
1987 A Year of Homers and Heroics | p. 537 |
1988 The Unexpected Dodgers | p. 546 |
1989 Giamatti/Rose and the Quake | p. 555 |
1990 Reds' Rise and the Year of the No-Hitter | p. 564 |
1991 And the Last Shall Be First | p. 573 |
1992 Oh, Canada! | p. 582 |
1993 Carter's Blast Makes Jays' Reign Last | p. 591 |
1994 The Fans Are Struck Out | p. 601 |
1995 A Season for Healing | p. 609 |
1996 The Year of the Homer | p. 620 |
1997 Purists Go Home | p. 631 |
1998 McGwire 70, Sosa 66 | p. 642 |
1999 A Satisfactory Finish | p. 654 |
2000 New Millenium, Old Game | p. 666 |
2001 Stocks Down, Bonds Up | p. 678 |
1973-2001 Alphabetical Register of Batters | p. 690 |
1973-2001 Alphabetical Register of Pitchers | p. 718 |
Leaders and Features | p. 745 |
Hall of Fame | p. 746 |
Pennant Winners | p. 748 |
Yearly Batting Leaders | p. 750 |
Yearly Pitching Leaders | p. 758 |
Single Season Leaders | p. 764 |
Lifetime Leaders | p. 769 |
No-Hitters | p. 775 |
Team Leaders | p. 777 |
Awards | p. 779 |
World Series Leaders | p. 781 |
Non-Playing Managers | p. 783 |
Active Leaders | p. 784 |
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