2009 Who's Who in Baseball

By Who's Who in Baseball Magazine Co. Inc.

Book Overview

Annual Publication of Baseball Statistics This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: 0910692297
• ISBN13: 9780910692298
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: n/a
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Who's Who in Baseball 2009

As always, this product is great. I love statistics. This product helps me keep track of how various individuls have performed in their careers.

Great book on baseball statistics

If you like baseball and like statistics and history of current baseball players this is the book for you. I started reading this book in 1948 and have hardly missed an issue.

Love getting acquainted with each year's new version!

I've been buying--and loving--these little volumes since the 1960s (I think I still have the 1964 book somewhere in my library). To get ready for the new baseball season, this jam-packed book of facts and figures is a great resource as you prepare to watch the games of the new year unfold. The concept is simple: list players with their batting and pitching statistics back to their first entry into professional baseball. The first entry is Bobby Abreu. 241 home runs, 1084 RBIs, .300 life time batting average. First played in the big leagues in 1997 (Houston). Last entry--Joel Zumaya (batters are first and pitchers second in the book). Lifetime record is 8-8 with a 2.76 ERA. One of ,my favorite juxtapositions. . . On pages 170-171, we have Frank Thomas, followed immediately by Jim Thome. Fascinating comparison. Thomas: 8199 at bats, 2468 hits, 495 doubles, 521 home runs, 1704 RBIs. Thome: 7344 at bats, 2048 hits, 397 doubles, 541 home runs, 1488 RBIs. And that's part of the fun of this book. Comparing players, trying to develop your ratings of who are the best and who remain the rest. . . . So, if you enjoy baseball statistics and want the basics of who has done what with their careers, this is a portable and useful volume. Highly recommended!

Just what the doctor ordered

Who's Who in Baseball is an unpretentious excellent source for any baseball lover -- it is my companion when I am watching MLB on TV. All the players are there and they are with their pictures. When i was a kid I used the Sporting News baseball direcory year after year. I loved all the information about the players as well as their statistics. But as the year went by the Sporting News dropped the individual pictures of the players, and then for some reason dropped the publication altogether. After searching around and buying nerdy books which were laden with statistics but had no humanity, I found this one. Handy size, easy to navigate. A great resource for any serious baseball fan. The only way it could be improved is if they printed it on better paper. But that is minor. You will be very pleased with this purchase.