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New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract

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ISBN-10: 0743227220

ISBN-13: 9780743227223

Edition: 2003

Authors: Bill James

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When Bill James published his original Historical Baseball Abstract in 1985, he produced an immediate classic, hailed by the Chicago Tribune as the "holy book of baseball." Now, baseball's beloved "Sultan of Stats" (The Boston Globe) is back with a fully revised and updated edition for the new millennium. Like the original, The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract is really several books in one. The Game provides a century's worth of American baseball history, told one decade at a time, with energetic facts and figures about How, Where, and by Whom the game was played. In The Players, you'll find listings of the top 100 players at each position in the major leagues, along with…    
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Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 6/13/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 1024
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 3.696
Language: English

Critically-acclaimed crime writer Bill James is a former journalist, and wrote for The Sunday Times, the Daily Mirror, the Spectator, the New Review and Punch. Married, with four children, he lives in Wales.

Introduction
The Game
The 1870s
The 1880s
The 1890s
The 1900s
The 1910s
The 1920s
The 1930s
The Negro Leagues
The 1940s
The 1950s
The 1960s
The 1970s
The 1980s
The 1990s
The Players Catcher
First Base
Second Base
Third Base
Shortstop Left Field
Center Field
Right Field
Pitcher
Last Minute
Notes
Reference Win Shares of Individuals Win
Shares of Selected Teams Win Share Team Comparison
Photography and Illustration
Credits
Index