Baseball Pioneers: Ratings of Nineteenth Century Players

by Charles F. Faber

Cap Anson, King Kelly, Wee Willie Keeler--three of the best hitters in baseball's infancy. But which of these three was the best? And who was the era's top pitcher? Pud Galvin? Cy Young? Joe McGinnity?

This unique reference work provides the answers to these questions and many others. Position-by-position, men who played all or the majority of their major league career in the nineteenth century are ranked. Hitting and fielding ratings are...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786402954
• ISBN13: 9780786402953
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher