Bøker av Warren N. Wilbert

In 1901, Charles Comiskey and Ban Johnson launched a brazen challenge to the National League's supremacy. This book covers the American League's origins in the Western League, the decisions and planning that laid the groundwork for the American League (AL), and the 1901 season that established the AL as a new major league.

Warren N. Wilbert's history of the rivalry between the Chicago Cubs and the New York Giants begins in 1876, when the Cubs won the first NL championship. The story ends in 1932 when John McGraw stepped down as manager of the Giants.

In Major League Baseball, the shutout remains relatively rare. Of the roughly 200,000 regular season games that have been played since the origins of the major leagues, only approximately 10 percent have been shutouts. This covers every shutout from the beginning of professional baseball through the 2010 World Series, including no-hitters and perfect games.