Description
In 1903, a small league in California defied Organized Baseball by adding teams in Portland and Seattle to become the strongest minor league of the twentieth century. Calling itself the Pacific Coast League, this outlaw association frequently outdrew its major league counterparts and continued to challenge the authority of Organized Baseball until the majors expanded into California in 1958. The Pacific Coast League introduced the world to Joe, Vince and Dom DiMaggio, Paul and Lloyd Waner, Ted Williams, Tony Lazzeri, Lefty O'Doul, Mickey Cochrane, Bobby Doerr, and many other baseball stars, all of whom originally signed with PCL teams. This thorough history of the Pacific Coast League chronicles its foremost personalities, governance, and contentious relationship with the majors, proving that the history of the game involves far more than the happenings in the American and National leagues.
Author: Dennis Snelling
Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
Published: 02/06/2019
Pages: 380
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781476678276
ISBN10: 1476678278
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Baseball | History
- History | General
Author: Dennis Snelling
Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
Published: 02/06/2019
Pages: 380
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781476678276
ISBN10: 1476678278
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Baseball | History
- History | General
About the Author
Dennis Snelling is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and the Pacific Coast League Historical Society. He is a three-time finalist for the Casey Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year, including for The Greatest Minor League. He lives in Rocklin, California. (Visit www.dennissnelling.com.)