Amazon.com Review
The Sporting News Baseball Register 2000 doesn't waste a lot of time with small talk--and that's a good thing. It begins with a brief table of contents and then gets right to the point: providing the detailed career statistics of everyone who played in the majors in 1999, from Jeff Abbott to Michael Zywica. The stats include the usual suspects (batting average, hits, home runs, etc.) as well as birthplace, birth date, schools attended, career transactions, awards, career milestones, and more. The book also provides the statistics of dozens of minor-league prospects and all current major-league managers. In addition, there are sections on the 1999 statistical leaders and Hall of Fame inductees. A fun, thorough, well-done baseball reference guide. --Andy Boynton
