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The Baseball Encyclopaedia: The Complete and Definitive Record of Major League Baseball

By (author) David Prebenna

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Recognized as the authoritative source for baseball statistics, this ninth edition of the encyclopaedia features: the yearly performance of every man who has played or pitched in the major leagues and their single season lifetime records; an alphabetical roster of all major league managers and their records; a chronological listing of teams and team members from 1876 to 1992, including yearly team and player records and league-leading performances; a register of awards and achievements; a listing of all trasdes and free agent acquisitions since 1900; fielding statistics for every player who has ever played in a major league game, from 1876; a home/road performance register which now highlights each team's longest winning and losing streaks during the course of each season; inning-by-inning line scores and summaries of all World Series, League Championship Series, Divisional Playoff Series and All-Star games; Negro League statistics; and a listing of players in the All-American Girls' Professional Baseball League.