This book is a record of the men and events, team by team, during Major League Baseball's integration. It focuses especially on the owners, executives and managers who were the heroes, villains or spectators of integration, and it sheds new light on the unheralded champions of integration and on those whose culpability has so far been overlooked. Individual chapters cover each of baseball's integration-era teams, and a final chapter covers expansion teams of the 1960s. Each team's responsible individuals are examined, its acquisition, deployment and treatment of black players documented, and the effect of its integration actions on team performance analyzed. Appendices provide populations of integration-era Major League cities, first black players by team, first black players in various minor leagues, rosters of black players by team, a timeline of black player milestones, and a list of black All-Star selections through 1969.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"provides a fresh and thorough team view of the integration of Major League Baseball. This book is highly recommended"-ARBA; "a book baseball fans will want to keep"-Tallahassee.com.
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Zielgruppe
Interest Age: From 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
56 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 254 mm
Breite: 178 mm
Dicke: 15 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-7864-6935-2 (9780786469352)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Society for American Baseball Research member Rick Swaine has five baseball books in publication, two of them on baseball's integration era. He has also been a contributor to The Baseball Research Journal and The National Pastime. Retired from an accounting career, he lives in the Tallahassee, Florida area.
Table of Contents
Preface
Integration Timeline
Introduction: Baseball's Ignoble History of Segregation
1. The Dawn of Baseball's Integration Era
2. The Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers
3. The Cleveland Indians
4. The St. Louis Browns
5. The Baltimore Orioles
6. The New York/San Francisco Giants
7. The Boston/Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves
8. The Chicago White Sox
9. The Pittsburgh Pirates
10. The Philadelphia/Kansas City/Oakland Athletics
11. The Chicago Cubs
12. The St. Louis Cardinals
13. The Cincinnati Reds
14. The Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins
15. The New York Yankees
16. The Philadelphia Phillies
17. The Detroit Tigers
18. The Boston Red Sox
19. The 1960s Expansion Teams
Appendix A: Population of Integration Era Major League Cities
Appendix B: First Black Award Winners and League Leaders
Appendix C: First Black Players in Various Minor Leagues
Appendix D: Roster of Black Players by Team (1947-1959)
Appendix E: Black Player All-Star Selections Through 1969
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
