Full Description
In this third edition of Baseball Ratings, author Charles Faber combines the second edition ("great fodder for arguments"--Booklist) with his book on 19th-century greats, Baseball Pioneers ("very impressive"--Reference and User Services Quarterly; "a notable and ... worthwhile addition"--ARBA), updating the ratings and expanding the commentary in each. The result, Baseball Ratings: The All-Time Best Players at Each Position, 1876 to the Present, is that rarest of rankings books--a time-tested, comprehensive reference work that invites reading.
Batters, fielders and pitchers from all major leagues since 1876 are ranked by position and, for pitchers, according to role (e.g., starter, middle reliever, closer) according to career, peak, and per-season achievement. All big league players with at least five years of eligibility are rated, and appendices identify underrated and overrated players, rate multiposition players, and sort the great by handedness.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
1. HITTERS
Season Records
Career Ratings
Extended Careers
Points Per Season
Leading Hitters by
Leading Hitters by Career
2. FIELDERS
Season Ratings
Career Ratings
Leading Fielders by Year
Leading Fielders by Career
3. PLAYERS (HITTING AND FIELDING)
Player of the Year by Position
Player of the Year
Career Rankings of Players
4. STARTING PITCHERS
Leading Pitchers by Year
Leading Pitchers by Career
Career Rankings of Top 200 Starting Pitchers
Career Ratings of All Eligible Starting Pitchers (Listed Alphabetically)
5. CLOSERS
Leading Closers by Year
Career Rankings of Closers
6. MIDDLE RELIEVERS
Leading Middle Relievers by Year
Leading Middle Relievers by Career
Appendices
A. Most Underrated Players
B. Most Overrated Players
C. Right-Handers and Left-Handers
D. Multi-Position Players
Index
