Spalding's Official Baseball Guide
date: label: Date made
content: 1896
name: label: thru person
content: Rinsland, George
label: publisher
content: Spalding
label: maker
content: American Sports Publishing Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Sporting goods manufacturer A.G. Spalding and Co. published a guide for every Major League baseball season from 1877-1941. Beginning in 1894 the guides were published by Spalding’s own publishing arm, The American Sports Publishing Company. Following Spalding’s acquisition of their rival AJ Reach in 1934,the 1940-1940 editions became known the <i> Spalding-Reach Baseball Guide. </i> Beginning in 1941, the publication became known as <i>The Sporting News Baseball Guide. </i>
label: Description
content: The guide features statistical, historical and biographical information regarding Major League Baseball players, leagues and clubs, as well as advertisements for baseball equipment sold by Spalding.
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Baseball
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
label: Exhibition
content: Entertainment Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.310547.047
label: accession number
content: 310547
label: catalog number
content: 310547.047
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Book
label: Object Name
content: book, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in x 1/2 in; 16.51 cm x 10.795 cm x 1.27 cm