This reference work, updated since the 1997 edition, provides comprehensive information on the major professional leagues in North America—baseball, basketball, football, hockey and soccer. Arranged chronologically, the entries for each league in each sport include individual statistical leaders, championship results, major rules changes, winners of major awards, and hall of fame inductees.

Sports historian K. Michael Gaschnitz is an avid fitness enthusiast and cyclist. He is also the author of The Edmonton Oilers (2003) and Professional Sports Statistics (1997). He lives in Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada.

K. Michael Gaschnitz
Format: softcover (6 x 9 in 4 vols.)
Pages: 1820
Bibliographic Info: tables, bibliography
Copyright Date: 2008
pISBN: 978-0-7864-3294-3
eISBN: 978-0-7864-5112-8
Imprint: McFarland

Introduction to the First Edition     1

Introduction to the Second Edition     5

Awards     6

List of Abbreviations     13

Year-by-Year Sports Statistics     16

Individual Team Statistics     1136

Appendices     1765

Bibliography<     1779

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