"The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball 2007" covers the history of every player, every team, and every season from 1902 through 2006, with detailed statistics and text summaries, as well as full coverage of this year's exciting pennant race.-Which team became the first in history to come back from a 3-1 deficit to win the World Series?-Who was the only player to pinch-hit a World Series home run?-Who became the first to manage five straight pennant winners, and in what years did he do it?-What 1970s team won a pennant with only one player hitting more than twenty homers, no player driving in eighty runs, no player stealing even ten bases, no player hitting .300, and only one pitcher winning more than fifteen games?The answers to these and thousands of other baseball questions can be found in this fully up-to-date, fact-filled reference book.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
0312363591
ISBN-13
9780312363598
eBay Product ID (ePID)
56984527
Product Key Features
Edition
27
Book Title
Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball
Number of Pages
864 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Topic
Baseball / Statistics
Genre
Sports & Recreation
Author
Michael L. Neft, David S. Neft, Richard M. Cohen
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.9 in
Item Weight
46.6 Oz
Item Length
10.7 in
Item Width
8.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"A fine contribution to baseball statistical sorcery." "-The Sporting News ""A must-have for serious baseball fans." "-Entertainment Weekly" "Year in and year out, the indispensable reference." "-Seattle Times/Post Intelligencer""One of the handiest and most reliable baseball reference books around." --"San Diego Union Tribune", "A fine contribution to baseball statistical sorcery." -The Sporting News "A must-have for serious baseball fans." -Entertainment Weekly "Year in and year out, the indispensable reference." -Seattle Times/Post Intelligencer "One of the handiest and most reliable baseball reference books around." -- San Diego Union Tribune, "One of the handiest and most reliable baseball reference books around." -- The San Diego Union Tribune