Black STATS Matter: Integrating Negro League Numbers Into Major League Records

by Philip Lee

For more than half a century, Black baseball players, barred from the Major Leagues by systemic racism, competed in leagues of their own. This book re-interprets the history of race in baseball from the ground up. It tells the story of how the Major Leagues became the "Caucasian Leagues," and names the person most responsible for their segregation; showing how Major League owners and executives tried to delay and even prevent integration; and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476688346
• ISBN13: 9781476688343
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 375 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 10.0"