Historical Dictionary of Baseball

Informationen zum Autor Lyle Spatz served as chairman of SABR's Baseball Records Committee from 1991 to 2016. He is the recipient of SABR's Bob Davids and Henry Chadwick, and Seymour Medal awards, and among the books he has written or edited are biographies of Bill Dahlen, Willie Keeler, Dixie Walker and Hugh Casey. Klappentext The Historical Dictionary of Baseball contains a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 900 cross-referenced entries on the roles of the players on the field—batters, pitchers, fielders—as well as non-playing personnel—general managers, managers, coaches, and umpires. There are also entries for individual teams and leagues, stadiums and ballparks, the role of the draft and reserve clause, and baseball’s rules, and statistical categories. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the sport of baseball.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Lyle Spatz
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.12.2012
• EAN: 9780810878129
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-7812-9
• Seiten: 320
• Serien: Historical Dictionaries of Spo; Historical Dictionaries of Sports; Historical Dictionaries of Spo
• Themen: Ratgeber > Sport > Ballsport; Sachbuch > Lexika, Nachschlagewerke > Lexika, Enzyklopädien