{"product_id":"the-greatest-of-their-times-r-gordon-shepherd-9781476697963","title":"The Greatest of Their Times: Comparing Baseball's Peak Performers Across Eras","description":"\u003cp\u003e Who are baseball's greatest players? Opinions vary wildly and of the many books that have explored the topic, few delve into official performance data as thoroughly as this one. The authors analyze the peak performance records of every Hall of Fame player across different eras of baseball history. Using statistical comparisons, they select the Hall's best players at each position for era all-star teams from 1901 to 2020, including standout Black players who starred in the Negro Leagues prior to the racial integration of Major League Baseball in 1947. The book also considers controversial players excluded from Hall membership due to behavior deemed detrimental to the integrity of baseball (consorting with gamblers and use of performance enhancing drugs) but whose performance records still stand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Enlivening the statistical comparisons are narrative overviews of different baseball eras; background stories about each era's greatest players; and discussion of the ways in which baseball reflects, and has sometimes influenced, American culture, including darker aspects of the game's history of racism, gambling, and drug use.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e R. Gordon Shepherd,A. Gary Shepherd,Matthew D. Moore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476697965\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476697963\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.45d","brand":"R. Gordon Shepherd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48873281880319,"sku":"9781476697963","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-greatest-of-their-times-r-gordon-shepherd-9781476697963","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}