SABR Digital Library: Time For Expansion Baseball
Time for Expansion Baseball
Edited by Maxwell Kates and Bill Nowlin
Associate Editors: Len Levin and Carl Riechers
Publication Date: December 3, 2018
ISBN (paperback): 978-4-2940-9768-7, $24.95
ISBN (e-book): 978-1-9438-1688-0, $9.99
8.5″ x 11″, 429 pages
The Los Angeles Angels and the “new” Washington Senators ushered in baseball’s expansion in 1961, followed quickly by the Houston Colt .45s and the New York Mets. By 1998, ten additional franchises had been awarded with the Kansas City Royals, Seattle Pilots, Toronto Blue Jays, and Tampa Bay Devil Rays coming into the American League, and the Montreal Expos, San Diego Padres, Colorado Rockies, Florida Marlins, and Arizona Diamondbacks to the National League.
Since then, some of those teams have relocated or changed names, but Time for Expansion Baseball tells the story of how each franchise was formed, built its team, and began play. Biographies of key players from each team’s early years are also included, from early Angels like Eli Grba and Duke Maas to Senator Tom Sturdivant, from Seattle Pilots Tommy Harper and Lou Piniella to Seattle Mariners Julio Cruz and Rick Jones. Featuring a foreword by Tal Smith, who has done three separate stints in the Houston front office, and the contributions of 54 SABR members, Time for Expansion Baseball also includes dozens of photos from team historical archives.
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Contributors include: Mark Armour, John Bauer, Richard Bogovich, Stephen D. Boren, Thomas J. Brown Jr., Alan Cohen, Warren Corbett, Rory Costello, Tom Cuggino, John DiFonzo, Jeff Findley, Adam Foldes, Steve Friedman, Danny Gallagher, Paul Geisler, Brian Geller, Peter M. Gordon, Tom Hawthorn, Leslie Heaphy, Paul Hofmann, Chuck Johnson, Chris Jones, Maxwell Kates, Stephen Keeney, Roger Kinney, Paul Ladewski, Bob LeMoine, Len Levin, Max Mannis, Mel Marmer, Michael Marsh, Andy McCue, Bill Mullins, Rob Neyer, Bill Nowlin, Carl Riechers, Joel Rippel, John T. Saccoman, Rick Schabowski, Steven D. Schmitt, Andrew Sharp, David E. Skelton, Tal Smith, Glen Sparks, Mark S. Sternman, Jeb Stewart, John Struth, Dan Taylor, Eric Thompson, Joseph Thompson, Clayton Trutor, Dale Voiss, Mark Wernick, and Gregory H. Wolf.