The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball

When the pandemic hit in early 2020, baseball’s minor leagues cancelled their seasons. A few independent leagues tried abbreviated schedules, but all Major League affiliates shut down—for the first time in more than 120 years. Since then, Major League Baseball has taken over governance of the minors, and leagues and teams have been eliminated. In its fourth and final edition, this book gives a complete accounting of the minor leagues as they were known from the late 19th century through 2019.

Lloyd Johnson is a baseball historian, writer and consultant, former president of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), former executive director of SABR, past senior research associate for the National Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, New York, and the first director of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. He lives in Belton, Missouri.

Miles Wolff is the former owner of the Durham Bulls, the Quebec Capitales, the Burlington Royals, and ten other minor league, independent and summer collegiate teams. He is the former publisher and owner of Baseball America, and Total Baseball named him among the top 100 most important individuals in baseball history. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.

Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff
Format: softcover (8.5 x 11 in 2 vols.)
Pages:
Bibliographic Info: bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2024
pISBN: 978-1-4766-8929-6
eISBN: 978-1-4766-4769-2
Imprint: McFarland

“Unfortunately, this is the final edition of the Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. In 2021, Major League Baseball eliminated the minor league’s head office and many longstanding leagues and teams. Thankfully, these volumes will serve as a statistical record for the league. … Containing more than 1,000 pages, this two-volume set is a treasure”—Booklist

From the previous editions:

• Winner of the 1993 Macmillan-SABR Baseball Research Award

• “Wonderful, indespendible”—The Sporting News

• “A very big and very good reference book”—The Cleveland Plain Dealer

• “A must buy for anyone who enjoys baseball history”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch

• “A remarkable achievement”—American Reference Books Annual