The Baseball Book 1990

The Baseball Book 1990
Author: Bill James
Publisher:
Total Pages: 374
Release: 1990
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN:

An annual that focuses on current players and an analysis of last year's season.

The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract

The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract
Author: Bill James
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 1026
Release: 2010-05-11
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1439106932

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 James's signature stats-based ratings method called “Win Shares,” a way of quantifying individual performance and calculating the offensive and defensive contributions of catchers, pitchers, infielders, and outfielders. And there's more: the Reference section covers Win Shares for each season and each player, and even offers a Win Share team comparison. A must-have for baseball fans and historians alike, The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract is as essential, entertaining, and enlightening as the sport itself.

The Ultimate Baseball Book

The Ultimate Baseball Book
Author: Daniel Okrent
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 462
Release: 2000
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780618056682

THE ULTIMATE BASEBALL BOOK has more than lived up to its name. Spanning the complete history of the sport from the fledgling leagues in the late 1870s to the powerhouses of the 1990s and revealing in the process what a remarkable effect baseball has had on our collective experience, this is THE book for any and all baseball fans, certain to grace coffee and bedside tables alike. Designed with that wonderful nostalgia that the sport itself so often evokes, THE ULTIMATE BASEBALL BOOK combines timeless images with a sweeping narrative history as well as essays on various idols and icons by such heavy hitters as Red Smith, Wilfrid Sheed, Roy Blount, Jr., Tom Wicker, and Geoge Will. This new edition covers baseball through the nineties, the decade when home run records fell and the sport reclaimed its hold on America, and celebrates the national game in ultimate style.

Making the Team

Making the Team
Author: Dean Hughes
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 100
Release: 1990
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780679804260

Three third-grade rookies who make the Little League baseball team aren't immediately accepted by the older players.

STATS All-time Baseball Sourcebook

STATS All-time Baseball Sourcebook
Author: Bill James
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Baseball
ISBN: 9781884064531

This historical baseball sourcebook features exclusive summaries of every major league season, including standings, league leaders, in-depth team profiles, and highlights.

Topps Baseball Cards

Topps Baseball Cards
Author: Frank Slocum
Publisher: Warner Books (NY)
Total Pages: 735
Release: 1985
Genre: Baseball cards
ISBN: 9780446513470

A collection of baseball cards organized by year with player statistics and information on teams. Includes quizzes on the sport and the cards.

How Baseball Happened

How Baseball Happened
Author: Thomas W. Gilbert
Publisher: Godine+ORM
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2020-09-15
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1567926886

The untold story of baseball’s nineteenth-century origins: “a delightful look at a young nation creating a pastime that was love from the first crack of the bat” (Paul Dickson, The Wall Street Journal). You may have heard that Abner Doubleday or Alexander Cartwright invented baseball. Neither did. You may have been told that a club called the Knickerbockers played the first baseball game in 1846. They didn’t. Perhaps you’ve read that baseball’s color line was first crossed by Jackie Robinson in 1947. Nope. Baseball’s true founders don’t have plaques in Cooperstown. They were hundreds of uncredited, ordinary people who played without gloves, facemasks, or performance incentives. Unlike today’s pro athletes, they lived full lives outside of sports. They worked, built businesses, and fought against the South in the Civil War. In this myth-busting history, Thomas W. Gilbert reveals the true beginnings of baseball. Through newspaper accounts, diaries, and other accounts, he explains how it evolved through the mid-nineteenth century into a modern sport of championships, media coverage, and famous stars—all before the first professional league was formed in 1871. Winner of the Casey Award: Best Baseball Book of the Year

Baseball's Best

Baseball's Best
Author: Andrew Gutelle
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1990
Genre: Baseball
ISBN: 9780394909837

Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Jackie Robinson, Roberto Clemente, and Hank Aaron—five amazing baseball legends. From the first black man to play major-league ball to the longest hitting streak ever, these are some of the game’s most inspiring stories. Find out what unforgettable feats won each player a place in the Baseball Hall of Fame. From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Techniques of Modern Hitting

The Techniques of Modern Hitting
Author: Wade Boggs
Publisher: Perigee Trade
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1990
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780399515958

Boggs shows hitters how to apply the lessons of the power curve to use the impact zone to its maximum potential and produce the most hits and runs. He explains the similarities and differences between his hitting theories and those of hitting greats Ted Williams, Charlie Lau, and Pete Rose.

Throwing Heat

Throwing Heat
Author: Nolan Ryan
Publisher: Avon Books
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1990-04
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780380708260

The life story of the only league pitcher to have hurled five no-hitters in his career.