In 1962, Washington Senator's pitcher Tom Cheney set a major league strike-out record: twenty-one batters in a sixteen inning marathon. These events and much more are collected in a comprehensive and compact compendium, The Best Book of Baseball Facts and Stats.

Information packed, this book records all the important players, teams, games and statistics, and:

Profiles of more than one hundred current and all-time great players
Charts the Major League franchises from their beginnings to their current standings
Details every World Series since 1903 and many other key games
Highlights the contributions of the best managers and how they shaped the game
Celebrates the great stadiums like Fenway's Green Monster and Wrigley Field
Discusses the facts behind the notorious scandals and controversies
Lists comprehensive statistics for each position: single-game and single-season leaders for both the regular season and championships
Lists award winners, MVPs, rookies of the year, and Hall of Fame inductees.

Do you know the 1954 American League MVP? Want to read the most famous Yogi-ism? Enjoy reading the extraordinary achievements of the baseball's finest players? The Best Book of Baseball Facts and Stats is the ideal reference for baseball fans of all ages.

About the Author

Don Zminda is co-editor of the STATS Scouting Notebook and co-author of From Abba Dabba to Zorro: The World of the Baseball Nickname. He is a nationally-known expert on sports statistics.

STATS Inc. is North America's most comprehensive agency for the dissemination of sports statistics. Based in Chicago, STATS Inc. supplies the media with facts and figures on baseball as well as other sports.

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