Black Baseball Players in Canada: A Biographical Dictionary, 1881-1960 - Softcover

Swanton, Barry; Mah, Jay-Dell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786444681 ISBN 13: 9780786444687

Publisher: McFarland, 2009

Synopsis

In an era when black baseball players had limited playing prospects in the United States, they found a more hospitable and level playing field in Canada. The entries in this dictionary contain biographical sketches, career highlights and statistics for hundreds of players, as well as information about their teams and leagues.

About this title

About the Authors

The late Barry Swanton was a retired baseball coach and manager from Winnipeg, Canada. He was inducted into the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame for his promotion of baseball and baseball history in that province.

A former radio and television reporter, Jay-Dell Mah develops websites. He is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) and previously served as the organization's webmaster. His Attheplate.com has been on the web since the late 1990s.

From the Back Cover

In an era when black baseball players had limited playing prospects in the United States, they found a more hospitable and level playing field in Canada. The entries in this dictionary contain biographical sketches, career highlights and statistics for hundreds of players, as well as information about their teams and leagues.

Edition details

• Publisher: McFarland
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786444681
• ISBN 13: 9780786444687
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 212