Great Baseball Feats, Facts, and Firsts

Name: Great Baseball Feats, Facts, and Firsts
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ISBN: 9780451205711

ISBN-10: 0451205715

ISBN-13: 9780451205711

Edition: N/A

Authors: David Nemec

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List price: $6.99
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 4.26" wide x 6.90" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 0.462
Language: English



Foreword


The System for Evaluating Feats


Introduction





Famous Firsts: 1846-1900


Season Record Holders Prior to 1901


The Four Most Interesting Teams Before 1901


Wild Men on the Mound


Owners


Famous Brother Acts


Invisible Men: Umpires


First Basemen's Records


Under the Lights


World Series Play: 1876-1900





Famous Firsts: 1901-19


A Short History of Team Names


Where the Games Are Played


Managers' Records


The Three Most Interesting Teams Between 1901 and 1919


ERA Records


On the Black


Second Basemen's Records


Triples Records


Pitching Records for Most Wins


Pitching Records for Most Starts and Complete Games


The Great Scandals


World Series Play: 1901-19





Famous Firsts: 1920-41


Total Bases Records


Record Slugging Averages


Long Day's Journey


Iron-Man Pitchers


No-Hitters and Perfect Games


Record-breaking Scorers


The Three Most Interesting Teams Between 1920 and 1941


MVP Award Winners


All-Star Game Feats


Shortstops' Records


Astronomical ERAs


The Hall of Fame


Individual Batting and Pitching Streaks


World Series Play: 1920-41





Famous Firsts: 1942-60


Batting Title Record Holders


Handicapped Players


Firsts by Black Players


The Four Most Interesting Teams Between 1942 and 1960


Minor League Feats and Firsts


Switch Hitters' Records


Great Batting Debuts


Pitchers' Records as Hitters


Pinch-hitting Feats


Cy Young Award Winners


Batters' Strikeout Records


World Series Play: 1942-60





Famous Firsts: 1961-76


Expansion Team Firsts


Home Run Feats


Not with a Whimper


Outfielders' Records


Triple Crown Winners


Great Shutout Feats


The Three Most Interesting Teams Between 1961 and 1976


Relievers' Records


Workhorse Records


Great Feats of Precocity


Great Milestone Achievements


World Series Play: 1961-76





Famous Firsts: 1977-93


The Most Difficult Pitchers to Beat


The All-Time Worst Fielders


Base-stealing Feats


Loyalty Records


The Hitless Wonders


The Three Most Interesting Teams Between 1977 and 1993


Third Basemen's Records


Red-hot Rookies


The Leading Losers


Father-and-Son Firsts


The Most Prolific Hitters


World Series Play: 1977-93





Famous Firsts: 1994-2001


Life-Begins-at-40 Records


Team Records since 1901


One-Year Wonders


RBI Records


Men for All Seasons


Eagle-Eyed Hitters


Doubles Records


The Three Most Interesting Teams since 1994


Catchers' Records


The Strikeout Kings


World Series Play: 1994-2001