Black Baseball Players in Canada: A Biographical Dictionary, 1881-1960 - Paperback
Black Baseball Players in Canada: A Biographical Dictionary, 1881-1960 - Paperback
Description
by Barry Swanton (Author), Jay-Dell Mah (Author)
In an era when black baseball players had limited playing prospects in the United States, they found a more hospitable and level playing field in Canada. The entries in this dictionary contain biographical sketches, career highlights and statistics for hundreds of players, as well as information about their teams and leagues.
Author Biography
The late Barry Swanton was a retired baseball coach and manager from Winnipeg, Canada. He was inducted into the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame for his promotion of baseball and baseball history in that province. A former radio and television reporter, Jay-Dell Mah develops websites. He is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) and previously served as the organization's webmaster. His Attheplate.com has been on the web since the late 1990s.
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