Chicago Cubs: Seasons at the Summit: The 50 Greatest Individual Seasons [SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Wilbert, Warren; Hageman, William

Verlag: Sagamore Publishing, Champaign, Illinois, 1997

Beschreibung

Fine unread condition glossy color photographic softcover wraps. Includes Authors' Dedications; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Summit of the Summit: An Introduction; Appendix A: Pitching Runs and Pitcher Defense; Appendix B: Batting Runs and Fielding Runs; Appendix C: A Chicago Pitching Dynasty; Bibliography; and About the Authors. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. The lower front corner of the front cover contains a 1 1/2 inch round "AUTOGRAPHED COPY" sticker. Signed by both authors with black pen on the blank first free front endpaper. "The Chicago White Stockings, later to become Wrigleyville's lovable Cubbies, were charter members of the National League, and the only franchise that has operated continuously in the same city between the first game played on April 22, 1876 and today. During that time, over 1,750 ballplayers have pulled on Cub uniforms, and out of that number, coauthors Warren Wilbert and William Hageman have chosen the players who have put together individual seasons of such magnificence that they have merited a top 50 billing. From Al Spalding to Cap Anson to the Peerless Leader, Frank Chance, and on to 'Ole Pete Alexander and Hack Wilson; from Gabby Harnett and Billy Herman on to Ron Santo and "Let's Play Two" Ernie Banks; including the more recent past with Ryne Sandberg and Mark Grace, the famous and the not-so-famous are presented in rank order from number one through number 50. Players were selected using the following criteria: Players could be selected only once; How the league in general and the Cubs in particular fared in the player's big season; The hitting and pitching characteristics of the league overall during the season; The characteristics and idiosyncrasies of the various franchise ball parks, particularly in its early years; The statistic line that represents, in numerically quantifiable terms, the player's productivity, along with the numbers in some relatively recent and highly significant categories that have emerged from the work of sabermatricians (an acronym for Society of American Baseball Research, referring to the mathematical and statistical analysis of baseball records). Batting runns, fielding runs, pitching runs and pitcher's defense are some of these newer statistics that have been extremely helpful in getting behind the meaning of a player's contribution to his team's play. Readers will enjoy reviewing the best seasons in Cubs history in Seasons at the Summit." - from the rear outer cover. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 007934

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Chicago Cubs: Seasons at the Summit: The 50 ...

Verlag: Sagamore Publishing, Champaign, Illinois

Erscheinungsdatum: 1997

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Fine

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)

Auflage: 1st Edition