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The 2006 ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia (2006)

by Gary Gillette (Editor), Pete Palmer (Editor)

Other authors: Rick Benner (Contributor), Bill Deane (Contributor), Peter Gammons (Foreword), Sean Lahman (Contributor), James A. Riley (Contributor)4 more, Stuart Shea (Associate Editor), Matthew Silverman (Associate Editor), Greg Spira (Associate Editor), Doug White (Associate Editor)

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From ESPN, the sports experts, comes the most informative baseball compilation ever created--and the next best thing to watching the home team win!   A baseball lover’s ultimate guide, based on a remarkable database compiled by the award-winning godfather of statistical baseball analysis, Pete Palmer, and edited by respected baseball historian and commentator Gary Gillette. Featuring totally revised and up-to-date statistics, this all-star encyclopedia is the most complete and accurate baseball database ever compiled. Brought to fans at an unbeatable price, it’s brimming with illuminating essays and information. There’s comprehensive year-by-year and team-by-team batting and pitching statistics for all players in major league history; all-time leaders in 150 categories; all-inclusive coverage of career interruptions due to wartime military service; and loads more stats and facts on teams, managers, and ballparks.   "I want a bumper sticker: You can have my Baseball Encyclopedia when you tear it from my cold, dead hands.” -Bill James, Author of the Historical Baseball Abstract   "Baseball fans haven’t been able to get this much for so little since baseball cards were a quarter a pack.”--Mat Olkin, writer and editor for USA Today and Sports Weekly… (more)
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Gillette, GaryEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Palmer, PeteEditormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Benner, RickContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Deane, BillContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gammons, PeterForewordsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Lahman, SeanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Riley, James A.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Shea, StuartAssociate Editorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Silverman, MatthewAssociate Editorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Spira, GregAssociate Editorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
White, DougAssociate Editorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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From ESPN, the sports experts, comes the most informative baseball compilation ever created--and the next best thing to watching the home team win!   A baseball lover’s ultimate guide, based on a remarkable database compiled by the award-winning godfather of statistical baseball analysis, Pete Palmer, and edited by respected baseball historian and commentator Gary Gillette. Featuring totally revised and up-to-date statistics, this all-star encyclopedia is the most complete and accurate baseball database ever compiled. Brought to fans at an unbeatable price, it’s brimming with illuminating essays and information. There’s comprehensive year-by-year and team-by-team batting and pitching statistics for all players in major league history; all-time leaders in 150 categories; all-inclusive coverage of career interruptions due to wartime military service; and loads more stats and facts on teams, managers, and ballparks.   "I want a bumper sticker: You can have my Baseball Encyclopedia when you tear it from my cold, dead hands.” -Bill James, Author of the Historical Baseball Abstract   "Baseball fans haven’t been able to get this much for so little since baseball cards were a quarter a pack.”--Mat Olkin, writer and editor for USA Today and Sports Weekly

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