The second volume in the series from the game's best historians

Collects such baseball records as most grand slams in a season, highest attendance in a single season, most strikeouts in a rookie season, and most World Series

Action-packed profiles of twenty-eight of today’s most exciting big leaguers Step up to the plate with baseball’s top players, from mainstays like Mookie Be

Examines the history of All-Star baseball, providing play-by-plays, rosters, and box scores of each game; and discusses how All-Star games have been influenced

The first deaf baseball player joined the pro ranks in 1883. By 1901, four played in the major leagues, most notably outfielder William "Dummy" Hoy and pitcher