The Players League: History, Clubs, Ballplayers and Statistics

by Ed Koszarek

After talks with baseball's owners broke down in the fall of 1889, some of the greatest players of the day jumped their contracts and declared open revolt against the American Association and National League. Tired of life under the hated reserve clause, which bound players to their teams and left them with no bargaining power, John Montgomery Ward and some 140 others set out to form a rival major league. The Players League would last only a season...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786420790
• ISBN13: 9780786420797
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher