"Greenwood Electronic Media and Greenwood
Press have developed an excellent research tool for baseball enthusiasts."
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Baseball (purebaseball.com) |
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David L. Porter, editor |
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Sports encyclopedias center on statistical data. Sports biographies
focus on prominent players or great historical moments. The Biographical
Dictionary of American Sports: Baseball is the only baseball reference
that fills the gap between statistics and already well-known biographies.
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Entry information
on the subject's date and place of birth (and of death, where
applicable); education; parents, spouse and children; major
personal characteristics; baseball career, including awards
and statistics. |
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Search by quick lists, hall
of fame, name, date range-even compare players-with a few simple
clicks and entries. |
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The majority
of the contributors are members of the Society for American
Baseball Research or of the North American Society for Sport
History. |
Read more about this product in our downloadable
fact sheet (PDF Format). |
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