The arrival of the American League
Subtitle: Ban Johnson and the 1901 challenge to National League monopoly
By: Warren Wilbert.
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780786430130
Subjects: Johnson, Ban; American League of Professional Baseball Clubs -- History
Description: "In 1901, Charles Comiskey and Ban Johnson launched a brazen challenge to the National League's supremacy. This book covers the American League's origins in the Western League, the decisions and planning that laid the groundwork for the American League, and in detail, the 1901 season that established the AL as a new major league"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Baseball in the hinterlands; title: Not minor but not yet major; title: A new major league readies for debut; title: The American League : season openers; title: A pennant race is underway; title: In the heat of July, 1901; title: The turn of the century and the American League race; title: The first American League champion : Chicago bests Boston; title: The junior circuit : major league in 1901?; title: Toward 1902 ... and later; title: The American League's best in 1901; title: Appendices; title: A. Napoleon Lajoie, breach of contract and the great baseball war; title: B. 1901 : the best in each league; title: C. The 1901 American League all-rookie team; title: D. Hall of famers active in the American league's inaugural season; title: E. Best hitters and pitchers in the 1901 American League; title: Chapter notes.