Baseball Cyclopedia

Name: Baseball Cyclopedia
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ISBN: 9780786418688

ISBN-10: 0786418680

ISBN-13: 9780786418688

Edition: 2nd 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Ernest J. Lanigan, Mark Durr, Gary Mitchem

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Ernest J. Lanigan was the nephew of Sporting News founder Al Spink and one of three men in his immediate family to gain acclaim as a newspaperman. As sports editor for the New York Press and official scorer for a handful of World Series, he was the premier statistician of his day. Lanigan compiled the first baseball encyclopedia in 1922, and it is reprinted here with each of its twelve annual supplements. As the original publisher advertised on the book's title page, it ?[c]omprises a review of Professional Baseball, the history of all Major League Clubs, playing records and unique events, the batting, pitching and base running champions, World's Series? statistics and a carefully arranged…

Book details

List price: $33.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date: 5/20/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 417
Size: 5.50" wide x 7.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

In addition to serving as sports editor of the New York Post and Cleveland Leader, Ernest J. Lanigan wrote for The Sporting News and Baseball Magazine, worked as secretary and information director for the International League, and served as curator of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.



Editors' Note


Ernest John Lanigan



The National Pastime



A Brief Outline of the History of Baseball in the Cities of the Leading Professional Circuits



Baseball's Leaders and Title Holders



Famous Games-Famous Players Famous Feats



World's Series' Facts and Figures from 1884 to 1921, Inclusive



The Minor Leagues Operating in 1922



Brief but Comprehensive Records of More Than 3,500 Major League Ball Players


First Supplement


Second Supplement


Third Supplement


Fourth Supplement


Fifth Supplement


Sixth Supplement


Seventh Supplement


Eighth Supplement


Ninth Supplement


Tenth Supplement


Eleventh Supplement


Twelfth Supplement


Index