The One Hundred Most Important Players in Baseball History

Overview

The One Hundred Most Important Players in Baseball History is a collection of essays about the hundred players who have had the biggest impact on baseball, popular culture, American and world history through their careers inside or outside of baseball. This will be baseball book with baseball stories, but will discuss the contributions of players like Babe Ruth or Jackie Robinson, but also lesser known but deeply impactful baseball players like Curt Flood, Hal Chase or Felipe Alou. Through this approach, the book will show how baseball is such a deep part of American life as both folk culture and big business. Topics such as race relations, labor issues, global conflicts and the songs of Bob Dylan are among those that will be covered through these ballplayers.

Author Biography

Lincoln Mitchell is a professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. In addition to his books on topics ranging from foreign policy to the history of San Francisco to baseball, Lincoln’s writing have appeared at CNN, NBC, the New York Times, San Francisco Examiner and numerous other publications.