20th Century Baseball Chronicle

From opening day 1900 to the end of the 1991 season, 20th Century Baseball Chronicle illustrates the evolution of America's favorite sport with more than 1200 photographs. This volume covers the entire era in baseball history when two major leagues vied for the most coveted of crowns. You'll get 92 years' worth of information at your fingertips - the seasons, the players, the races, the World Championships - broken down into accessible year-by-year profiles. Each year contains: The major events on and off the field; State and record-setting performances of the dominant players; Photographs of individuals and teams, fully indexed; The award winners: batting king and pitching champs, MVPs; Rookies of the Year, and more; A timeline of highlights. A collector's edition, the 20th Century Baseball Chronicle documents the history of the most engrossing sort of them all.