Deadball Stars of the American League is Released

Cleveland, OH — Scheduled to be released in March, 2007 by the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) and Potomac Books, Deadball Stars of the American League features biographies on more than 140 players and personalities from one of baseball’s most colorful periods, 1901-1919.

Cleveland, OH — Scheduled to be released in March, 2007 by the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) and Potomac Books, Deadball Stars of the American League features biographies on more than 140 players and personalities from one of baseball’s most colorful periods, 1901-1919.  With a thought-provoking foreword from Keith Olbermann that uses Buck Freeman  to capture the mood and feeling of the game in that era, readers are introduced to profiles of early American League luminaries such as Ty Cobb, Shoeless Joe Jackson and Smoky Joe Wood.  All created by the game’s unparalleled historical research organization.

 

One hundred years ago, the Deadball Era was in its first full blossom, with the



Originally published: January 26, 2007. Last Updated: January 26, 2007.