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Bankes, Jim,
THE PITTSBURGH CRAWFORDS.
. NEW copy, trade PAPERBACK.
(Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2001).
Photograhs, illustrations, appendices, notes, bibliography,
index, 176 pp.
~~~ The Pittsburgh Crawfords were one of the Negro League’s best and most exciting
teams. At the heart of the line-up were five men who would go on to be inducted
into the Baseball Hall of Fame: Satchel Paige, one of the greatest pitchers in
baseball history; Josh Gibson, a hitting catcher who rivaled Babe Ruth; Cool
Papa Bell, one of the game’s fastest runners; Oscar Charleston, perhaps one of
the all-around best players; and Judy Johnson, a skilled third baseman. This
work takes a close look at the lives and careers of these men and others who
played for the Crawfords, all of whom together built one of the greatest teams
ever to play the game. Also included are comparisons between the Crawfords and
the 1927 “Murderer’s Row” New York Yankees, the Negro National League standings
(1933–1938), and statistics about the players and team records.
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Chadwick, Bruce,
WHEN THE GAME WAS BLACK AND WHITE. 1992. The
Illustrated History of Baseball's Negro Leagues. 9.5x9.5. Jacket in mylar protector.
Profusely illustrated with period photos and color photos of Negro League ephemera.
Bibliography, index, 191 pages. $25.00
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Debono, Paul,
THE INDIANAPOLIS ABCs; History of a Premier Team in the Negro Leagues.
NEW copy.
Hardcover, printed laminated boards with photo, without jacket, as issued. McFarland & Company, 1997. The story of one of the
charter teams in the Negro National League, led in its early championship days by Oscar Charleston and managed by
C.I. Taylor, and its good times and bad times through Depression and player raids, a brief resurrection in the late 1930s,
and its demise in the 1940s. Includes a roster of ABC players with short biographies. 1997: 239 pages, illustrated.
In print at $32.50
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Hauser, Christopher,
THE NEGRO LEAGUES CHRONOLOGY.
. NEW copy, hardcover.
(Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2006).
notes, bibliography,
index, 216 pp.
~~~ With the formation of the Negro National League in 1920, black baseball players had forged their own legacy in America’s national pastime. For the next 28 years, various Negro Leagues—including the Eastern Colored League, the American Negro League and the East-West League—operated throughout the country. Owners and team managers struggled to keep the Negro Leagues afloat, creating balanced schedules with teams that were financially unsteady; booking adequate stadiums, sometimes around the schedules of non–Negro League clubs, and coping with player raids—first from inside the leagues and then from so-called organized baseball.
~~~ Painstakingly researched and documented, this volume is a comprehensive, year-by-year reference to the important—yet often obscure—dates in Negro League history. From the Negro Leagues’ organized beginning in 1920 through their steep decline immediately after Jackie Robinson’s 1947 breaking of the color barrier, entries cover league meetings, noteworthy games, the commentary of columnists, and important events on and off the field. Controversies that defined the experience of black baseball organizers—such as player rights disputes, failure to adhere to league schedules and violations of league rules—are also included here.
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Heaphy, Leslie A,
BLACK BASEBALL AND CHICAGO:
Essays on the Players, Teams and Games of the Negro Leagues' Most Important City.
. NEW copy, trade PAPERBACK.
(Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2006).
Photographs, appendices, notes, bibliography,
index, 267 pp.
~~~ Founded in 1920, the Negro National League originally comprised teams throughout
the Midwest, but the league’s groundwork was laid in one city—Chicago. Two of
the season’s eight inaugural teams were based in the South Side, which was also
the adopted home of Rube Foster, the “Father of the Negro Leagues.” A former
stand-out pitcher in the Windy City, Foster founded the dominant Chicago
American Giants. As the first president of the Negro National League, Foster
controlled all major aspects of the game, from personnel to equipment and ticket
sales, and his influence left black baseball indelibly associated with
Chicago. ~~~~ This essay collection presents notable papers delivered at the
2005 Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference in Chicago. With contributions from
many Negro Leagues experts, the work offers a cohesive history of Chicago’s long
relationship with black baseball. After an introduction and an overview,
sections cover early Chicago baseball from the nineteenth century to the
founding of the Negro Leagues; teams in the Negro Leagues after 1920; players,
both well-known and obscure, who spent significant time with Chicago clubs;
owners and managers; the East-West All Star Game; ballparks; the Great Lakes
Naval Team; and the integration of the Cubs and White Sox. Appendices provide a
timeline of major black-baseball events in Chicago and player rosters for
Chicago–area teams
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Heaphy, Leslie A,
THE NEGRO LEAGUES, 1869-1960.
. NEW copy, trade PAPERBACK.
(Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2003).
Photographs, appendices, notes, bibliography,
index, 383 pp.
~~~ In his speech at his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, former Negro League player Buck Leonard said, “Now, we in the Negro Leagues felt like we were contributing something to baseball, too, when we were playing…. We loved the game and we liked to play it. But we thought that we should have and could have made the major leagues.” The Negro Leagues had some of the best talent in the game, but from their earliest days they were segregated from those leagues that received all the recognition.
This complete history of the Negro Leagues begins with the second half of the nineteenth century, discussing the early attempts by African American players to be allowed to play with white teammates, and progressing through the creation of the “Gentleman’s Agreement” in the 1890s which kept baseball segregated. It then discusses the establishment of the first successful Negro League in 1920 and examines various aspects of the game for the players (lodgings, travel accommodations, families, off-season jobs, play and life in Latin America, difficulties encountered because of race). The history ends in 1960, when the Birmingham Black Barons went out of business and took the Negro Leagues with them. Also included are stories of individual players, owners, umpires, and others involved with the Negro Leagues in the United States and in Latin America.
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Kelley, Brent,
THE NEGRO LEAGUES REVISITED.
. NEW copy, hardcover.
(Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2000).
124 photographs, bibliography,
index, 399 pp.
~~~ In his speech at his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, former Negro League player Buck Leonard said, “Now, we in the Negro Leagues felt like we were contributing something to baseball, too, when we were playing…. We loved the game and we liked to play it. But we thought that we should have and could have made the major leagues.” The Negro Leagues had some of the best talent in the game, but from their earliest days they were segregated from those leagues that received all the recognition.
This complete history of the Negro Leagues begins with the second half of the nineteenth century, discussing the early attempts by African American players to be allowed to play with white teammates, and progressing through the creation of the “Gentleman’s Agreement” in the 1890s which kept baseball segregated. It then discusses the establishment of the first successful Negro League in 1920 and examines various aspects of the game for the players (lodgings, travel accommodations, families, off-season jobs, play and life in Latin America, difficulties encountered because of race). The history ends in 1960, when the Birmingham Black Barons went out of business and took the Negro Leagues with them. Also included are stories of individual players, owners, umpires, and others involved with the Negro Leagues in the United States and in Latin America.
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Kelley, Brent,
VOICES FROM THE NEGRO LEAGUES.
. NEW copy, trade PAPERBACK.
(Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2005).
81 photographs, bibliography,
index, 342 pp.
~~~ Baseball lore is replete with the tales of such legendary Negro League stars as Satchel Paige, Cool Papa Bell, Josh Gibson and a few others. But the stories of the many other African Americans, both stars and journeymen, have largely been forgotten. These were the men who barnstormed the country, playing in loosely organized leagues and eking out a living doing what they did best, playing baseball. In this work, 52 players reminisce about what it was like to play in the Negro Leagues, from the great teams and players to the terrible Jim Crow conditions they faced in the South. Now in their sixties, seventies and eighties, these men reflect on their careers with humor, bluntness, and poignancy, providing a rich record of a part of the game that is quickly being lost to history.
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McNeil, William F,
BLACK BASEBALL OUT OF SEASON.
. NEW copy, hardcover.
(Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2007).
Photographs,appendix, notes, bibliography,
index, 224 pp.
~~~ This book tells the story of the thousands of anonymous black professional baseball players whose talents were played out in the undiscovered world of the Negro leagues during the first half of the twentieth century. Chapter One introduces the swamplands of Florida where two teams of Negro athletes began to gain national attention for their performances in Palm Beach at the end of the 19th century. The remaining chapters follow the winter leaguers from New York to Venezuela and everywhere in between, revealing the largely unheard-of success stories.
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Sol White's
HISTORY OF COLORED BASE BALL:
With Other Documents on the Early Black Game, 1886-1936.
. NEW copy, trade PAPERBACK.
(Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, Bison Books, 1996).
Photograhs, tables, appendices, index, 189 pp.
~~~ America and baseball are rediscovering the game played by African Americans before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947. We now know a great deal about the Negro Leagues of 1920 on, and their great stars-Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, and their contemporaries. But what of the pre-1920 black game? From the onset in the 1880s of the "gentleman's agreement" that barred blacks from playing in white leagues, that game is nearly invisible. Financially shaky, with sporadic media coverage even in black newspapers and completely overlooked by the mainstream, Negro teams of this era played on for love of the game and in hopes that their skills would receive their due. In 1907, Sol White, a remarkable African-American ballplayer, successful manager, and baseball loyalist, wrote a small volume on the history of the black game. Part fund-raising effort, advertising brochure, team hype, celebration of black baseball, and throughout an implicit and explicit challenge to racism, Sol White's History of Colored Base Ball is the source of much of what we know of the events in the organized black game of that time. The original was poorly printed, and copies are exceedingly rare (known and rumored copies number only four). This edition republishes the full 1907 edition (with the even rarer supplement), completely reset for legibility, and reproduces all the original's illustrations, including the advertisements that speak volumes on the social world of the day. Fifteen additional documents from 1886 to 1936 augment the picture of the black game and our record of Sol White himself. The work is introduced by Jerry Malloy, a recognized expert on the history of Negro leagues who has spent years in painstaking research into this vanished world.
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Caillault, Jean-Pierre,
A TALE OF FOUR CITIES: Nineteenth Century
Baseball's Most exciting Season, 1889, in Contemporary
Accounts.
. NEW copy, trade PAPERBACK.
(Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2003).
Foreward by David Nemec.
85 photographs & illustrations, index, 342 pp.
~~~ The 1889 baseball season is unique in the history of baseball. Both leagues—the
veteran National League and the upstart American Association—featured thrilling
pennant races that were not decided until the final day of the season. There was
excitement off the field as well; the players’ union (known then as “the
Brotherhood”) sowed the seeds of the most ambitious player revolt in baseball
history. ~~~~ This work presents accounts from the major newspapers of each of
the four teams’ cities—the New York Times, the Brooklyn Daily
Eagle, the Boston Herald, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch—to
capture the day-by-day excitement of the 1889 pennant race and the passion that
the press and public had for baseball. The National League race pitted the world
champion New York Giants against the Boston Beaneaters—teams that accounted for
10 Hall of Famers and three players that spearheaded the player revolt. The
American Association race was just as exciting and even more controversial, as
team presidents Chris Von der Ahe of the St. Louis Browns and Charles H. Byrne
of the Brooklyn Bridegrooms hated each other passionately and Von der Ahe often
clashed with his own players.
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[Cartwright], Harold Peterson, THE MAN WHO INVENTED BASEBALL. NY: 1973, 2nd (?) printing, Scribners. VG in VG- (a few small spots, tiny tears, crease to flap) dust jacket. Yellow boards; illustrations.
"More irritating than calling 2000 the start of the next millenium, is the widespread, mistaken belief that Abner Doubleday invented the game of baseball. Doubleday, a Civil War officer who may never have attended a game, was used by a sporting goods company's phony flag-waving sales campaign. Alexander Cartwright, a New York bank clerk, not only designed the first diamond, wrote most of the rules still used today, organized and captained the first game, and sewed the first baseball -- he also became the young sport's Johnny Appleseed, popularizing it from New England to Hawaii and Japan. Author Peterson picks up Cartwright's trail a century later. He even chills his non-fiction readers with a surprise ending. The Man Who Invented Baseball is a treasure for lovers of American history and American baseball. Alexander Cartwright, by the way, is in the Hall of Fame. Guess who isn't?
" OUT OF PRINT. $25.00
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Frommer, Harvey, PRIMITIVE BASEBALL:
The First Quarter-Century of the National Pastime
. (Atheneum, 1988). 143 pp.
From Publisher's Weekly:
Frommer, author of more than 20 sports books, looks at America's favorite
pastime as it became truly national in the period between the 1869 tour of
the first professional team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, and the great
Boston Beaneater and Baltimore Oriole teams of the 1890s. He discusses
such events as the founding of the National League in 1876, which
effectively took control of the game from the players and gave it to the
owners, and the establishment of the American League in 1900. He also
captures the spirit of the game, rife with gambling, the sale of alcohol at
ball parks and the tinkering with such rules as the number of balls required
for a walk or the distance of the mound from home plate. There are also
observations on playing fields, umpires, equipment, uniforms."
~~~ OUT OF PRINT.
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Gelzheiser, Robert P,
LABOR AND CAPITAL IN 19th CENTURY BASEBALL.
. NEW copy, trade PAPERBACK.
(Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2006). Foreward by Mark Alvarez.
Photographs, appendices, notes,
bibliography, index, 223 pp.
~~~ In the late 19th century, baseball players broke from the established leagues
and organized their own Players’ League. They believed that this rival
organization would make wages subject to market conditions and give players more
mastery over their careers and industry. Although the league lasted only one
year, it was a significant attempt by skilled workers to break from an
established monopoly, gain more control over all aspects of their industry, and
reap a larger portion of the revenues that they created. ~~~~ This work
explores the early history of professional baseball in the United States, the
factors that contributed to the player rebellion of 1890, and the rebellion’s
impact on the player-owner relationship in the decade that followed. Appendices
include a roster of the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings (players, positions, and
salaries); the First Reserve Agreement, Section 18 of the Standard Player’s
Contract; and commentary and legal documents pertaining to the Reserve Rule
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James D. Hardy, Jr.,
THE NEW YORK GIANTS BASE BALL CLUB; The Growth of a Team and a Sport, 1870 to 1900.
NEW copy, trade PAPERBACK. (McFarland, 2006).
Photographs, references, index
251pp.
~~~
Though baseball would eventually come to embody the American spirit, in the nineteenth century onlookers regarded the game with some ambivalence. To capture the hearts of the public, baseball needed teams worth watching—and no team was a better ambassador for baseball in the 19th century than the New York Giants.
The pre–John McGraw Giants were occasionally very good and frequently very fashionable, but they had not yet become the trademark team of the National League that they would become in the early 20th century. The Giants were, however, one of the league’s premier teams simply because they played in the country’s premier city. New York and its Giants epitomized the rise of industrialized America and the need for organized spectator diversions. Together, the city and the team helped propel baseball into its position as the national pastime.
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McBane, Richard L.,
A FINE-LOOKING LOT OF BALL TOSSERS:
The Remarkable Akrons of 1881.
. NEW copy, trade PAPERBACK.
(Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2005).
Photographs, appendices, notes, bibliography,
index, 191 pp.
~~~ The Akron club’s accumulation of talented ballplayers and its success against
the best opposition of the time set it apart from the general development of
19th century baseball. Like many of the independent baseball teams that
proliferated in the 1870s and 1880s, it was formed as a joint stock company by
prominent citizens and businessmen. Its talent led it to be raided out of
existence. Of the 20 men who played with the Akrons during 1881, 14 played major
league ball in subsequent seasons. Most prominent were Hall of Famer Bid McPhee
and Tony Mullane. ~~~ This work traces the development and play of the team
from its formation in 1879 through its great 1881 season and on. Biographical
profiles of the players, with personal and professional details, are
interspersed throughout. Appendices include the 1881 calendar of scores and 40
box scores (and compiled statistics) for the 1881 season, as well as the box
score of the Akrons’ victory over the Chicagos of Cap Anson in 1880.
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Melville, Tom,
EARLY BASEBALL AND THE RISE OF THE
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
. NEW copy, trade PAPERBACK.
(Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2001).
Notes,
index, 176 pp.
~~~ Did modern baseball spontaneously arise from the genius of the American people?
Did professionalism arise simply from a desire to turn baseball into a business?
Did William Hulbert, organizer of the National League, really “save” baseball?
These are three of the questions examined in this work about early baseball’s
role in American culture. Beginning with an introduction to the sport as
achievement and expression, the author takes a close look at the early demand in
New York for “the best against the best” in baseball and argues that this demand
was contradictory to society’s equally persistent demand that displays of “the
best against the best” be locally accessible. This work offers insights into how
baseball operated in its early days, with special attention paid to the National
Association and how the National League came into being.
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Millen, Patricia,
FROM PASTTIME TO PASSION:
Baseball and the Civil War.
. NEW copy, hardcover.
(Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2005).
Illustrations, index,
140 pages.
~~~ Patricia Millen. Patricia Millen takes the reader back to the roots of baseball
in this country, and follows its evolution to a national passion. While
baseball's favorite myth regarding Abner Doubleday is proven to be false,
America's favorite pastime is clearly a part of American history. Ice baseball;
prison camps; Albert Spalding and the quest to prove baseball's American origin;
and much more are discussed. A chronology of baseball in England and America
(1621-1860), illustrations, plus brief excerpts from diaries, journals, letters
and newspaper articles enhance the text.
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Nemec, David: THE GREAT ENCYCLOPEDIA OF 19th CENTURY MAJOR
LEAGUE BASEBALL. (Dutton). 864 pages.
~~~ 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.
~~~
From The Critics Booknews:
"From David Nemec, the author of 14 books on baseball, comes the first
comprehensive encyclopedia of baseball between the years 1871-1900.
Entries cover everything from team rosters and copious individual player
statistics to reports on each season, pennant race and championship
series. Includes rare photos and drawings of 19th century players.
Originally published at $49.95, now OUT OF PRINT.
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Staats, Richard J,
A GRASSROOTS HISTORY OF BASEBALL:
Days of the Rosewood Bat and the Silver Ball .
. NEW copy, hardcover.
(Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2003). Vintage photographs, index,
164 pages.
~~~ The magical era of "Base Ball" exploded with enthusiasm across northeast Ohio in
1867. Base Ball clubs sprung up in every city, small town, and hamlet.
Challenges to "matches" flew through the area. Perhaps Base Ball matches were a
form of escapism during the Civil War, but baseball seemed to bring out the best
in Americans-bravery, good sportsmanship, self-discipline, and a striving to do
one's best. The author's original research focused on the quest of the Ravenna
Star Base Ball Club to win its own trophy, "the Rosewood Bat and the Silver
Ball," at the Portage County Fair in 1867. In order to present a better picture
of the atmosphere in which the Star Club played, as well as satisfy historical
inquisitiveness, other areas of Base Ball have been included. Contemporary
newspaper articles preserve the aura, the excitement, the high value of
sportsmanship, the humor, and the community pride that accompanied our National
Pastime
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Wright, Marshall D.,
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BASE BALL PLAYERS, 1857-1870.
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. NEW copy, trade PAPERBACK.
(Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2000).
Bibliography,
index, 408 pp.
~~~ Before the onset of professional baseball, there existed a myriad of teams and players going back to the 1840s. The early years centered around an organization known as the National Association of Base Ball Players. This group, the antecedents of which date to 1857, governed the world of baseball until the formation of the first all-professional league in 1871. This book is the definitive statistical reference to that organization, from its humble beginnings through its explosive growth after the Civil War, culminating with its coast-to-coast inclusion of several hundred amateur and professional clubs. Relying for the most part on primary sources, the author has included introductory essays for each year, complete team statistics, every game score, and individual batting and pitching statistics for all players.
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