Baseball: The Biographical Encyclopedia

by David Pietrusza

Features short biographies on more than 2,000 players listing birth and death dates, major league debut dates, and career statistics.

Genres: Biography

1298 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2000

About the author

David Pietrusza’s books include 1920: The Year of Six Presidents; Rothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series; 1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed America's Role in the World; 1960: LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: The Epic Campaign that Forged Three Presidencies; and 1932: The Rise of Hitler and FDR—Two Tales of Politics, Betrayal, and Unlikely Destiny. Rothstein was a finalist for an Edgar Award in the Best Fact Crime category, and 1920 was honored by Kirkus Reviews as among their "Books of the Year." Pietrusza has appeared on Good Morning America, Morning Joe, The Voice of America, The History Channel, ESPN, NPR, AMC, and C-SPAN. He has spoken at The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, The National Baseball Hall of Fame, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, the Harry S Truman library and Museum, and various universities and festivals. He lives in Scotia, New York. Visit davidpietrusza.com

Reviews

[Clyde · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought the 2000 edition long ago in the discount section at Borders. I've never actually read this tome cover-to-cover, but as a baseball fanatic kid in the 60s, the biographical sketches (2000 in all) help bring my old baseball cards (now long gone...sigh) back to life.