Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games that Shaped the 19th Century
- ISBN-10
- 1933599421
- ISBN-13
- 9781933599427
- Category
- Sports & Recreation
- Pages
- 308
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-04-01
- Publisher
- SABR, Inc.
- Authors
- Bill Felber, Mark Fimoff, Len Levin
Description
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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