Baseball's Offensive Greats of the Deadball Era Best Producers Rated by Position, 1901-1919
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Retired CPA, corporate executive and management consultant Robert E. Kelly is an author and an award-winning journalist. He lives in Beverly, Massachusetts.“the unique quality of this narrow study recommends it to any baseball research collection”—<i>ARBA.</i>
Ty Cobb, Nap Lajoie, and Honus Wagner were among the greatest hitters who ever played major league baseball, but how do they stack up against players of other eras and each other? This book employs a statistical analysis of "production per at-bat" to compare 120 top batters by position over a 19-year period when contact, speed and hit-and-run strategy were more valuable than power and home runs.
Included are an analysis of each player's strengths and weaknesses, rankings of the most talented and the most valuable producers, and the selection of an All-Star team for the era.
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Leonard Levin
Introduction
The World Beyond the Ballpark, 1901–1919
The World Within the Ballpark, 1901–1919
First Basemen—Analysis, 1901–1919
First Basemen—Summary in Domination Point (DP) Sequence
Catchers—Analysis, 1901–1919
Catchers—Summary in Domination Point (DP) Sequence
Infielders—Analysis, 1901–1919
Infielders—Summary in Domination Point (DP) Sequence
Outfielders—Analysis, 1901–1919
Outfielders—Summary in Domination Point (DP) Sequence
Summary, 1901–1919
Bibliography
Index