Baseball's Best 1,000: Rankings of the Greatest Players of All Time
- ISBN-10
- 0316553506
- ISBN-13
- 9780316553506
- Category
- Sports & Recreation
- Pages
- 672
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-04-04
- Publisher
- Black Dog & Leventhal
- Author
- Derek Gentile
Description
A revised and up-to-date edition of Baseball's Best 1,000, a must-have book for baseball fans obsessed with stats, quick facts, and the age-old debate of who is the best player in history and why. Using various (and completely subjective) criteria including lifetime statistics, personal and professional contributions to the game at large, sportsmanship, character, popularity with the fans, and more, sports writer Derek Gentile ranks the best players of all time. Along with a ranking, information on each player is presented, including the teams on which he has played throughout his career, positions played, lifetime statistics, and a brief biography--as well as a photograph. Baseball's Best 1,000 is sure to spark controversy and debate among fans.
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Other editions
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- 2004-10-01
- - pages
- Paperback
- Black Dog & Leventhal
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