The Negro Leagues Were Major Leagues

Historians Reappraise Black Baseball
Herausgeber: Peterson, Todd

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Produktbeschreibung

How good was Negro League Baseball (1920-1948)? Some experts maintain that the quality of play was equal to that of the American and National Leagues. Some believe the Negro Leagues should be part of Major League Baseball's official record and that more Negro League players should be in the Hall of Fame. Skeptics contend that while many players could be rated highly, NL organizations were minor league at best. Drawing on the most comprehensive data available, including stats from more than 2,000 interracial games, this study finds that black baseball was very good indeed. Negro leaguers beat the big leaguers more than half the time in head-to-head contests, demonstrated stronger metrics within their own leagues and excelled when finally allowed into the majors. The authors document the often duplicitous manner in which MLB has dealt with the legacy of the Negro Leagues, and an appendix includes the scores and statistics from every known contest between Negro League and Major League teams.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9781476665146
• ISBN-10: 1476665141
• Artikelnr.: 55491451

Autorenporträt

Visual artist and teacher Todd Peterson lives in Overland Park, Missouri. His work has been published in Baseball Research Journal and Black Ball.

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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One. Equality
Baseball Is the Music of Mathematics
Larry Lester
The Case for the Negro Leagues
Todd Peterson
Measuring Equality: A Statistical Comparison of the Negro Leagues to the
Major Leagues Based on the 1925 Season
Richard J. Puerzer
Gray Area: Homestead vs. the Minor Leagues
Scott Simkus
The Color of Money: Salaries and Performance in Pre-and Post-Integration
Baseball
Michael Haupert
Winning in the Crucible of White-Hot Competition
Jeffery S. Williams
The Top Ten Reasons Why the Negro Leagues Should Be Declared a Major League
Ted Knorr
Part Two. Equity
Hotel Resorts and the Emergence of the Black Baseball Professional:
Riverine and Maritime Communities, 1867-1890
James E. Brunson III
Leading Off: The Cuban Giants
Tony Kissel
Rube Foster: Negro League Giant
Robert C. Cottrell
John Donaldson: Restoring the Legacy of Segregated Baseball's Greatest
Pitcher
Pete Gorton
The Measure of Failure: Atlanta Baseball and Community Development in the
1930s and 1970s
Thomas Aiello
Changing the Way They Do Business: Jackie Robinson, Integration and the
Origins of Organizational Culture in Organized Baseball
Michael E. Lomax
Separate but Unequal
Philip J. Lowry
Monuments: The Shaping of Negro Leagues Public Memory
Josh Howard
Appendix I: NLB vs. MLB, 1885-1924
Appendix II: NLB vs. MLB All-Stars, 1902-1948
Appendix III: NLB vs. MLB Batting, Pitching and Fielding Statistics,
1886-1948
Appendix IV: Batting and Pitching Statistics of Negro Leaguers in MLB and
Triple A
Appendix V: Black Minor League Batting and Pitching Leaders, 1946-1975
Appendix VI: MLB/NLB Throwback Games, 1994-2019
Bibliography
About the Contributors
Index