The great encyclopedia of 19th-century major league baseball
By: David Nemec.
Publisher: D.I. Fine Books
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 852
Subjects: Baseball -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Baseball -- United States -- Encyclopedias.; Baseball players -- United States -- Registers.
Other titles: Great encyclopedia of nineteenth-century major league baseball
Description: This comprehensive reference and browser's delight covers the early years of major league baseball from 1871 to 1900, featuring everything from complete team rosters and individual player, manager and umpire registers of vital statistics, to fascinating sidebars revealing, for example, that the first man to play 1,000 major league games at third base was left-handed. David Nemec includes complete and lively reports on each season, as well as listings of significant minor.

League records and events. His explorations of rule changes and their impact on the way the game was played complement his newly created and insightful lists of 19th century record holders, making this book the first and only one of its kind.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 835-837) and index.