[Rick Swaine]The Integration of Major League Baseball : A Team by Team History(pdf){Zzzzz}

This book is a record of the men and events, team by team, during Major League Baseball's integration. It focuses especially on the owners, executives and managers who were the heroes, villains or spectators of integration, and it sheds new light on the unheralded champions of integration and on those whose culpability has so far been overlooked. Individual chapters cover each of baseball's integration-era teams, and a final chapter covers expansion teams of the 1960s. Each team's responsible individuals are examined, its acquisition, deployment and treatment of black players documented, and the effect of its integration actions on team performance analyzed. Appendices provide populations of integration-era Major League cities, first black players by team, first black players in various minor leagues, rosters of black players by team, a timeline of black player milestones, and a list of black All-Star selections through 1969.

Publisher: Mcfarland; Reprint edition (April 25, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0786469358
ISBN-13: 978-0786469352

Editorial Reviews
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"provides a fresh and thorough team view of the integration of Major League Baseball. This book is highly recommended" --Arba

"a book baseball fans will want to keep" --Tallahassee.com
About the Author
Society for American Baseball Research member Rick Swaine has been a contributor to The Baseball Research Journal and The National Pastime. Semi-retired from an accounting career, he coaches youth baseball and still plays in an adult league for the Tallahassee Classics (Florida). He lives in the Tallahassee, Florida area.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

Great baseball integrarion history!
By Frederick B. Dunphy on May 11, 2013
Rick Swaine has compiled the most complete record of the integration of baseball beyond the compelling story of Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey. This book sheds light on those men who helped or hindered the integration process. His time-line makes for easy reference and his writting is crisp and filled with the kind of detail that serves to complete the story of this significant chapter in American History and Baseball History. This book is a must for anyone interested in the more complete record of the agonizingly slow process of full assimilation for black ball players.