The Major League Baseball Ultimate Book of Records
The Major League Baseball Ultimate Book of Records

Author: Major League Baseball

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart

Published: 2013-10-15

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0771057350

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Since the first pitch was thrown, MLB has tracked the performance of every team and player, documented every hit and measured every home run. And while some plays are part of the everyday game, there are moments in baseball when a player's performance reaches a new level of greatness and new records are made. The Major League Baseball Ultimate Book of Records catalogs the game's most remarkable achievements, as well as some of the less traditional and quirky stats that all play a part in the game. MLB's team of in-house writers, researchers and historians have scoured the history of the game and written the most accurate, complete and definitive record of baseball stats and achievements. Major League Baseball Ultimate Book of Records documents the absolute best of the best and packs each achievement into this lavishly illustrated book where fans will be treated to never-before-seen photographs of their favourite players. Double-page spreads will show Henderson racing to second base to claim the stolen base record, while another full color spread celebrates Bond's crushing hit that set a new threshold for most home-runs. All the records are here, each with an account of events and spectacular photographs that make this truly the most spectacular baseball book ever published.

The Book of Baseball Literacy
The Book of Baseball Literacy

Author: David H. Martinez

Publisher: Plume Books

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13:

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For baseball's millions of fans, this ultimate reference to the national pastime features a listing of more than 800 memorable people, places, dates, events, terms, records, and statistics. From the game's origins in the 1840s to the present day, The Book of Baseball Literacy presents complete details on the great sport in one lively, fascinating treasury.

Complete Baseball Record Book (1999 Edition)
Complete Baseball Record Book (1999 Edition)

Author: Craig Carter

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 564

ISBN-13: 9780892046034

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A comprehensive compendium of records for major-league baseball, including stats for hitting, pitching, fielding, and base running; team-by-team records that include interleague play; and post-season stats that include Division Series, Championship Series, and World Series. Photos.

Complete Baseball Record Book
Complete Baseball Record Book

Author: Steven P. Gietschier

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 548

ISBN-13: 9780892047307

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In the Complete Baseball Record Book, you will find all the regular season, postseason, All-Star Game, and World Series updates from all the action in 2003.This includes individual player and team records, career milestones lists that show where active players are on record lists, team-by-team listings that show team records in their history, and more. Plus, you get a statistical snapshot of the 2003 season and the records that were approaching, were surpassed, or are on the horizon to be broken in 2004!

The SABR Baseball List & Record Book
The SABR Baseball List & Record Book

Author: Society for American Baseball Research

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2007-03-20

Total Pages: 499

ISBN-13: 1416554564

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From the authority on baseball research and statistics comes a vast and fascinating compendium of unique baseball lists and records. The SABR Baseball List & Record Book is an expansive collection of pitching, hitting, fielding, home run, team, and rookie records not available online or in any other book. This is a treasure trove of baseball history for statistically minded baseball fans that's also packed with intriguing marginalia. For instance, on July 25, 1967, Chicago's Ken Berry ended Game Two of a doubleheader against Cleveland with a home run in the bottom of the sixteenth inning -- Chicago's second game-winning homer of the day. The comprehensive lists include Most Career Home Runs by Two Brothers (Tommie and Hank Aaron have 768), Most Seasons with 15 or More Wins (Cy Young and Greg Maddux each have 18), and Highest On Base Percentage in a Season by a Rookie (listing every rookie above .400). Unlike other record books that only list the record holders -- say, most RBI by a rookie, held by Ted Williams with 145 -- SABR details every rookie to reach 100 RBI. Other record books might note the last pitcher in each league to steal home; here SABR has included every pitcher to do it. The book also includes a number of idiosyncratic features, such as a rundown of every player who has hit a triple and then stolen home, or every reliever who has won two games in one day. Many of the lists include a comments column for key historical notes and entertaining trivia (Bob Horner hit four home runs in a 1986 game, but his team lost). This is a must-have for every fan's library. Edited by Lyle Spatz, Chairman of the Baseball Records Committee for SABR

The Complete Baseball Record & Fact Book
The Complete Baseball Record & Fact Book

Author: Sporting News

Publisher:

Published: 2006-02

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13: 9780892048151

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For 2006, The SPORTING NEWS, a baseball authority since 1886, has combined its Complete Baseball Record Book and the Major League Fact Book into a new and exciting volume. The Complete Baseball Record and Fact Book includes everything found in the Record book, an annual publication since 1909, plus complementary material previously found in the Fact book. When baseball fans talk about the Record Book, this is the book they mean. The 2006 edition, bigger than ever and easier to use, deserves a place in the home of serious baseball fans everywhere.The 2006 Complete Baseball Record & Fact Book includes: 7 Highlights for every big-league season from 1876-20057 Regular-season, All-Star game, playoffs and World Series records updated through the 2005 season7 Individual player and team recordsCareer milestones lists that show where players rank

Great Moments in Baseball History
Great Moments in Baseball History

Author: Matt Christopher

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Published: 2009-12-19

Total Pages: 57

ISBN-13: 0316093874

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Capturing the suspense and play-by-play action of nine major league plays and the personalities of the athletes that made them, a fan's treasury includes Willie May's 1954 World Series catch and Jim Abbott's no-hitter.

Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders
Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders

Author: Rob Neyer

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2007-11-01

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 1416592148

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BLOOPER: BALL SQUIRTS THROUGH BILLY BUCKNER'S LEGS. BLUNDER: BILLY BUCKNER'S MANAGER LEFT HIM IN THE GAME. Baseball bloopers are fun; they're funny, even. A pitcher slips on the mound and his pitch sails over the backstop. An infielder camps under a pop-up...and the ball lands ten feet away. An outfielder tosses a souvenir to a fan...but that was just the second out, and runners are circling the bases (and laughing). Without these moments, the highlight reels wouldn't be nearly as entertaining. Baseball blunders, however, can be tragic, and they will leave diehard fans asking why...why...why? Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders does its best to answer all those whys, exploring the worst decisions and stupidest moments of managers, general managers, owners, and even commissioners. As he did in his Big Book of Baseball Lineups, Rob Neyer provides readers with a fascinating examination of baseball's rich history, this time through the lens of the game's sometimes hilarious, often depressing, and always perplexing blunders. · Which ill-fated move cost the Chicago White Sox a great hitter and the 1919 World Series? · What was Babe Ruth thinking when he became the first (and still the only) player to end a World Series by getting caught trying to steal? · Did playing one-armed Pete Gray in 1945 cost the Browns a pennant? · How did winning a coin toss lead to the Dodgers losing the National League pennant on Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'round the World"? · How damaging was the Frank Robinson-for-Milt Pappas deal, really? · Which of Red Sox manager Don Zimmer's mistakes in 1978 was the worst? · Which Yankees trade was even worse than swapping Jay Buhner for Ken Phelps? · What non-move cost Buck Showalter a job and gave Joe Torre the opportunity of a lifetime? · Game 7, 2003 ALCS: Pedro winds up to throw his 123rd pitch...what were you thinking? These are just a few of the legendary (and not-so-legendary) blunders that Neyer analyzes, always with an eye on what happened, why it happened, and how it changed the fickle course of history. And in separate chapters, Neyer also reviews some of the game's worst trades and draft picks and closely examines all the teams that fell just short of first place. Another in the series of Neyer's Big Books of baseball history, Baseball Blunders should win a place in every devoted fan's library.