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The Baseball Rookies Encyclopedia | 
 enlarge | Authors: Dave Zeman, David J. Nemec
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1069009
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 1574886703
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.35703
EAN: 9781574886702
ASIN: 1574886703
Publication Date: October 20, 2004
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Product Description
Until now, no single book has brought together so many facts and stats from more than 130 years of rookies playing in major league baseball. No other book has looked so closely at just the performances of first-year play-ers, their hitting and pitching prowess, and their places in major league rookie history. Baseball analysts David Nemec and Dave Zeman fill that gap with the exceptional Baseball Rookies Encyclopedia, the first historical overview of major league rookies and the definitive guide to baseball’s freshmen classes.
Nemec and Zeman outline the rookie crops of each season year by year, starting in 1872 and ending with 2003. They highlight the best and worst performances of each season, discuss the future Hall of Famers who debuted, single out one or two exceptional players for closer inspection, present statistical leaders for each major league at the time, and give a timeline of unique or noteworthy rookie accomplishments during the season. They finish up with a page for each major league team, listing their rookie leaders in dozens of statistical categories.
The authors examine rookie leaders who have gone on to become Hall of Famers, such as Ted Williams and Eddie Murray, as well as one-year wonders such as Joe Charboneau and Emil Yde, who excelled in that first year but never reached the same heights again. In doing so, Nemec and Zeman explain the contemporary issues that contributed to the fleeting nature of stardom. Whether they played in the American League or National League, or a rival league such as the American Association or the Federal League, those rookies from each major league in every year get full coverage. To find all the authoritative information you can handle on baseball’s long history of rookies—complete with stats, charts, facts, and comparisons— The Baseball Rookies Encyclopedia fills the bill.
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 Impressive Work November 25, 2006
There is a tremendous amount of data included in this excellent book. It includes information from the 1870's up thru the 2003 season. The highlights of each season are described as are many of the best and worst performances. At the close of each chapter key statistics for that year are shown. Interspersed thruout the chapters are various unique and exceptional accomplishments. At the end of the book all the teams are shown indicating their franchise record holders. My quarrel with the book is not lack of raw data. But, rather the format. After sifting thru all the individual seasons it's hard to remember much of what was outstanding each year. That issue could easily have been solved by an appendix where key information from the entire book was collated for easy historical perspective. Still, a valuable addition to most any baseball library.
 Awsome Book!!!! A+++ November 30, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
A must have for any baseball fan! You can tell a lot of time and effort went into putting this book together. It is well written and contains loads of unique stories, stats, and data about baseball's first-year players. I guarantee it contains information you never, ever knew. I am highly recommending it. A+++
great book for begining a collection of stat books November 27, 2004
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
a great book. had alot of info. well researched
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