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Product Description: This is a book about baseball players who performed in the major leagues before the age of 21. For years the dream of many boys has been to enter the world of professional sports. Out of millions of boys who have played baseball, more than 17,000 have appeared in major league contests...read more

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9780786473311 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, February 12, 2014, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: This is a book about baseball players who performed in the major leagues before the age of 21.

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Product Description: In this third edition of Baseball Ratings, author Charles Faber combines the second edition ("great fodder for arguments"--Booklist/RBB) 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...read more

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9780786434145 | 3 edition (McFarland & Co Inc Pub, February 1, 2008), cover price $45.00 | About this edition: In this third edition of Baseball Ratings, author Charles Faber combines the second edition ("great fodder for arguments"--Booklist/RBB) 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.

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'This work looks at the lives and careers of 17 pitchers: Red Faber, Burleigh Grimes, Jack Quinn, Urban Shocker, Stan Coveleskie, Bill Doak, Ray Caldwell, Clarence Mitchell, Dutch Leonard, Ray Fisher, Dick Rudolph, Allen Sothoron, Phil Douglas, Allan Russell, Doc Ayers, Dana Fillingim and Marvin Goodwin'--Provided by publisher.

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9780786423477 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, February 28, 2006, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: 'This work looks at the lives and careers of 17 pitchers: Red Faber, Burleigh Grimes, Jack Quinn, Urban Shocker, Stan Coveleskie, Bill Doak, Ray Caldwell, Clarence Mitchell, Dutch Leonard, Ray Fisher, Dick Rudolph, Allen Sothoron, Phil Douglas, Allan Russell, Doc Ayers, Dana Fillingim and Marvin Goodwin'--Provided by publisher.

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Product Description: What makes a good American president? The answers to this question have been sought by a variety of means since the very beginning of the presidency. Some contend that a foreign policy makes one superior to another, while others contend that certain personal qualities make a man best...read more

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9780786407651 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, February 1, 2000, cover price $49.95 | About this edition: What makes a good American president?

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9780786426102 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, December 30, 2005, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: What makes a good American president?

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Product Description: Cap Anson, King Kelly, Wee Willie Keeler--three of the best hitters in baseball's infancy. But which of these three was the best? And who was the era's top pitcher? Pud Galvin? Cy Young? Joe McGinnity? This unique reference work provides the answers to these questions and many others...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780786402953 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, April 1, 1997, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Cap Anson, King Kelly, Wee Willie Keeler--three of the best hitters in baseball's infancy.

Rates baseball players from 1901 to 1994 based on the Faber System, which allows for differences in older and newer equipment and playing styles

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9780786400300 | 2 sub edition (McFarland & Co Inc Pub, March 1, 1995), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Rates baseball players from 1901 to 1994 based on the Faber System, which allows for differences in older and newer equipment and playing styles

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