Baseball's Offensive Greats of the Deadball Era: Best Producers Rated by Position, 1901-1919

by Robert E. Kelly and Robert E. Kelly

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786441259
• ISBN13: 9780786441259
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher