Black Baseball Players in Canada: A Biographical Dictionary, 1881-1960 by Swanton, Barry

Black Baseball Players in Canada: A Biographical Dictionary, 1881-1960 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780786444687)

Vendor: Barry Swanton
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
$29.95
$29.95
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Black Baseball Players in Canada: A Biographical Dictionary, 1881-1960 by Swanton, Barry

Black Baseball Players in Canada: A Biographical Dictionary, 1881-1960

$29.95
Black Baseball Players in Canada: A Biographical Dictionary, 1881-1960 by Swanton, Barry

Black Baseball Players in Canada: A Biographical Dictionary, 1881-1960

$29.95
Format: Paperback
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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: Barry Swanton, Jay-Dell Mah
ISBN-10: 0786444681
ISBN-13: 9780786444687
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2009
Pages: 212
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.60d
By Barry Swanton
By Barry Swanton
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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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