Major Leagues: The Formation, Sometimes Absorption and Mostly Inevitable Demise of 18 Professional Baseball Organizations, 1871 to Pres

by Lee MacPhail (Introduction), David Pietrusza

Overview

New major leagues have sprung up throughout the history of baseball, both long-term successes (the American and National leagues), and the transitory, of which the Federal League (1914-15) and the Mexican League (1946) were two. Some leagues were born of noble motives (the Union Association, 1884, to abolish the reserve clause); others, farcical (the Global League, 1969). And many were stillborn, never playing that first inning (such as the Continental League, 1959-60). Here is their history, and an analysis of the conditions that determined their success or failure.

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"This is a first class work in the comprehensive baseball history category and belongs on the shelf along with those impressive volumes of Harold Seymour and David Voigt."

— Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) Bibliography Committee Newsletter

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"Well-researched . . . worthy"
— Library Journal

Product Details

BN ID:	2940160775906
Publisher:	Church & Reid Books
Publication date:	05/06/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Leland Stanford MacPhail Jr. (October 25, 1917 – November 8, 2012) was an American front-office executive in Major League Baseball. MacPhail was a baseball executive for 45 years, serving as the director of player personnel for the New York Yankees, the president and general manager of the Baltimore Orioles, chief aide to Commissioner of Baseball William Eckert, executive vice president and general manager of the Yankees, and president of the American League.