Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games that Shaped the 19th Century

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Bill Felber, Mark Fimoff, Len Levin, Peter Mancuso
SABR, Inc., 2013 - Sports & Recreation - 308 pages
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A project of SABR's Nineteenth Century Committee, INVENTING BASEBALL brings to life the greatest games to be played in the game's early years. From the "prisoner of war" game that took place among captive Union soldiers during the Civil War, to the first intercollegiate game (Amherst versus Williams), to the first professional no-hitter, the games in this volume span 1833–1900 and detail the athletic exploits of such players as Cap Anson, Moses "Fleetwood" Walker, Charlie Comiskey, Mike "King" Kelly, and John Montgomery Ward.

 

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Contents

Match PlayKnicks vs Gothams
8
The Massachusetts ChampionsExcelsiors of Upton vs Unions ofMedway
22
The POW GameCaptive Union soldiers play a baseball game at Salisbury NC
36
The Martyrdom ofJim CreightonExcelsiors of Brooklyn vs Unions
43
Put On Yer Coats Put on Yer Coats Das All
58
The Atlantic StormCincinnati Red Stockings vs Atlantics
71
New Game in The Old CountryBoston and Philadelphia exhibitions in England
84
A New Age BeginsBoston at Philadelphia
97
OneArm Daily Strikes Out 19 or 20Chicago at Boston Union Association
167
Guy Hecker Hitting PitcherBaltimore at Louisville
180
Tim Keefe Finally LosesChicago at New York
195
The Candlelight GameSt Louis at Brooklyn
208
Debut ofthe Players League
222
Seven Hits in Seven TriesSt Louis at Baltimore
237
Ed Delahantys Four HomeRun GamePhiladephia at Chicago
251
Cap Ansons 3000th Hit?Louisville at Chicago
262

Farewell To Oldstyle BallBuffalo vs Syracuse
110
Night BaseballJordan Marsh vs R H White at Nantasket Beach Mass
125
Mullane Goes Both WaysLouisville at Baltimore
138
Grasshopper Snatches the PennantChicago at Boston
152
Photo Credits
275
Subject Index
289
Copyright

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About the author (2013)

SABR's Nineteenth Century Committee, established in 1983, fosters research on all facets of baseball before 1901. Completed committee projects include full team and player statistics for the 1871-1875 National Association and two volumes of short biographies published by SABR, Nineteenth Century Stars (first edition 1989, reissued in 2012) and Baseball's First Stars (first edition 1996). 

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TitleInventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games that Shaped the 19th Century
Volume 11 of SABR Digital Library
EditorsBill Felber, Mark Fimoff, Len Levin, Peter Mancuso
PublisherSABR, Inc., 2013
ISBN1933599421, 9781933599427
Length308 pages
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