Spalding's Athletic Library No. 59B; The "Little Red Book"; Spalding's Official Baseball Record Containing Authentic Records, both Club and Individual, of Major League Base Ball Since 1876 Including World Series Records

Original publisher's red and white paper wrappers. Red lettering on white spine. Front cover is mostly red and has an illustration of a baseball. 5" x 6 3/4." 126 pages, complete. A few black-and-white illustrations, complete. Pages are clean and intact overall but have small occasional marks and stains, occasional pencil marks or annotations, and soiling and darkening on edges of text block. Covers are clean and intact overall but have soiling and darkening, small creases and wrinkles, pencil marks on back, worn corners, and slight chipping and splitting on spine. A Good, almost Very Good copy. This is No. 59B of Spalding's Athletic Library. It is a booklet containing much statistical data and other information about Major League Baseball (MLB) records from 1876-1926. Not all of the data goes back to 1876. Among the subjects addressed in this issue are "Major league champions, 1871-1925," "Champion batters in major leagues, 1871-1925," "Leading pitcher in major leagues, 1876-1925," "Lowest average of earned runs, 1912-1925," "Major league players who have batted '300' or better for five years or more," "Major league players who have batted '400' or better," "Major league 4-year '300' batters," Major league 3-year '300' batters," "Major league 2-year '300' batters," "Major league 1-year '300' batters," "World Series Record Performances" (including, among others, "First baseman's fielding records," "Shortstops' fielding records," "Outfielders' fielding records," "Catchers' fielding records," "Pitchers' fielding records," "Home runs," and "Extra innings games"), "Major League Records" (including, among others, "Individual batting records," "Club batting records," and "Game records"), "Noteworthy Performances in Major Leagues" (including, among others, "No-hit games--9 innings," Winning 12 or more consecutive games by pitchers," "Longest games in major leagues," "Unusual pitching feats," "Three pinch hitters struck out in succession," "Nine runs by nine players," "Three home runs in 4-hit game," "Shortest post-season game," "Won all games played at home," and "First extra inning game in National League"), and "Base Ball Condensed Data.".