All-Stars for All Time

A Sabermetric Ranking of the Major League Best, 1876-2007

William F. McNeil (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

243 Seiten

2008
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-3500-5 (ISBN)

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Uses practical measures to scientifically rank major league players, position by position, according to their offensive and defensive skills. This work identifies the top contenders for best offensive, defensive and all-around player for various positions, and provides a brief history of the candidates.

This work uses practical measures to scientifically rank major league players, position by position, according to their offensive and defensive skills. The author has adjusted individual statistics for the era in which the player was active and for the "home park factor" in order to put all eligible players on a level playing field. For each position, the author has identified the top contenders for best offensive, defensive and all-around player, and provides a brief history of each of the candidates.

William F. McNeil is a longtime baseball historian and the author of numerous books on the game. A member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), he is the recipient of five Robert Peterson awards for increasing the public’s awareness of the Negro Leagues. He lives in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments      viii

Preface

1. Baseball’s All-Time All-Star Teams Through the Years

2. Methodology

3. The Nineteenth-Century All-Stars

4. Baseball’s Greatest Catchers

5. Baseball’s Greatest Pitchers

6. Baseball’s Greatest First Basemen

7. Baseball’s Greatest Second Basemen

8. Baseball’s Greatest Shortstops

9. Baseball’s Greatest Third Basemen

10. Baseball’s Greatest Right Fielders and Left Fielders

11. Baseball’s Greatest Center Fielders

12. Baseball’s Legendary All-Stars

Appendix: The Steroid Problem

Bibliography

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.12.2008
Zusatzinfo	41 photos, appendix, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	331 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-7864-3500-3 / 0786435003
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-3500-5 / 9780786435005
Zustand	Neuware