Players' Choice: Major League Baseball Players Vote on the All-Time Greats. Foreword by Vice President George Bush. - Hardcover

McCaffrey, Eugene V., And Roger A. McCaffrey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816013624 ISBN 13: 9780816013623

Publisher: Facts On File (1987), 1987

Synopsis

Over six hundred Major League baseball players from every decade of the 20th century name their own all-star teams, what players have inspired them most, list their favorite managers, umpires, fans, and broadcasters. 50 black-and-white photographs.

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From Publishers Weekly

The Hot Stove League will be banking its fires by the time this book hits the stores, but nonetheless it should prove exceedingly popular among fans. Members of the Society for American Baseball Research, the authors here survey some 600 players from every decade of the century and compile those players' choices for all-star teams, the best at each position offensively and defensively, the best hurler of each type of pitch and numerous other categories. Many of the selections are predictable yet there are a few surprises: Brooks Robinson outdistances other third basemen as to make it no contest; Ty Cobb is not ranked among even the top five of the best outfielders, and baseball writers are given an ego bashingamong the scribes suggested as best the choice is "None of Them." Photos not seen by PW.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Two advertising men offer an admittedly unscientific survey of past and present major league ball players to determine how the game's participants rank the greatest players of all time. Few surprises emerge except for Ty Cobb's eighth-place finish among outfielders (abrasive personality). Other "best" lists rate managers, umpires, and fans. The measuring system may be unique, but this work is similar in substance to Lawrence Ritter and Donald Honig's The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time ( LJ 4/15/81), John Thorn and Pete Palmer's The Hidden Game of Baseball ( LJ 4/15/84), and the best of the lotBill James's Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract ( LJ 1/86). An optional purchase for browsing collections. William H. Hoffman, Ft. Myers-Lee Cty. P.L., Fla.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Facts On File (1987)
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0816013624
• ISBN 13: 9780816013623
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288