David Nemec is the author of twenty-three baseball books, including The Great Encyclopedia of 19th-Century Major League Baseball, winner of the Sporting News SABR Baseball Research Award.
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AcknowledgmentsIntroductionExplanation of Player Profile StatisticsChapter 1: The PitchersChapter 2: The CatchersChapter 3: The First BasemenChapter 4: The Second BasemenChapter 5: The Third BasemenChapter 6: The ShortstopsChapter 7: The OutfieldersBibliography List of ContributorsAuthor's Previous Works Index
"Whether you are a newcomer to the wonderful world of nineteenth-century baseball or consider yourself to be an expert, you will learn much in this wonderful collection of biographical sketches. While other books have focused on the great pennant races or teams of the era, no book has so vividly presented the colourful stories of so many players as these two volumes do. You will be entertained and you will be smarter, once you spend some time with these books." Mark Armour, author of Joe Cronin: A Life in Baseball "David Nemec belongs in the Hall of Fame of early baseball research. Here, he uses a wealth of fascinating details to breathe life back into many little-known nineteenth-century ballplayers whose exploits and, at times, sheer grit are well worth remembering and celebrating." Edward Achorn, author of Fifty-Nine in '84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had