Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: Baseball, Revised and Expanded Edition A–F - Hardcover

Porter, David L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0313311749 ISBN 13: 9780313311741

Publisher: Greenwood, 2000

Synopsis

A standard source of first referral, Porter's multivolume Biographical Dictionary of American Sports adds a long-awaited revised and expanded edition of the popular 1987 Baseball volume and its supplements. This three-volume work profiles over 1,450 baseball luminaries, including current stars, former major league players, managers, umpires, executives, and Negro League and All-American Girls Professional Baseball League stars. All entries from earlier volumes are revised and updated, and 477 new figures are added. A handy reference, this comprehensive work provides more biographical information on these baseball professionals than any other reference available.

Contributed by baseball historians, educators, and journalists, each profile highlights biographical data, career records, and honors; discusses the subject's accomplishments; and provides bibliographic information. These volumes will be an invaluable reference for baseball aficionados and all libraries.

About this title

Book Description:

A standard source of first referral, Porter's Biographical Dictionary of American Sports now adds a long-awaited revised and expanded edition of the popular 1987 Baseball volume and its supplements.

About the Author:

David L. Porter is Louis Tuttle Shangle Professor of History at William Penn College. In addition to being editor of Greenwood's multivolume Biographical Dictionary of American Sports, he is editor of Greenwood's African-American Sports Greats, an associate editor of American National Biography, and coauthor of The San Diego Padres Encyclopedia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Greenwood
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0313311749
• ISBN 13: 9780313311741
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 568