Baseball's offensive greats of the deadball era
Subtitle: best producers rated by position, 1901-1919
By: Robert E. Kelly ; with a foreword by Leonard Levin.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.; McFarland & Company
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780786441259
Subjects: Baseball players -- United States -- Biography; Baseball players -- Rating of -- United States; Baseball -- Records -- United States; Baseball -- Offense -- United States -- History
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Statistical analysis of "production per at-bat" comparing 120 top batters by position when contact, speed and hit-and-run strategy were more valuable than power and home runs. Included: analysis of each player's strengths and weaknesses, rankings of the most talented and the most valuable producers, and the selection of an All-Star team for the era"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The world beyond the ballpark, 1901-1919; title: The world within the ballpark, 1901-1919; title: First basemen-analysis, 1901-1919; title: First basemen-summary in domination point (DP) sequence; title: Catchers-analysis, 1901-1919; title: Catchers-summary in domination point (DP) sequence; title: Infielders-analysis, 1901-1919; title: Infielders-summary in domination point (DP) sequence; title: Outfielders-analysis, 1901-1919; title: Outfielders-summary in domination point (DP) sequence; title: Summary, 1901-1919.