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The Pacific Coast League: A Statistical History, 1903-1957

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In an era where we are seeing many great statistical history books about several minor leagues, this one doesn't keep up the pace. Possibly when it was written it did, but not now. Basically, the key section to me is the year-by-year portion of the book. There isn't an essay about the season. There's just a list of the players on each team. Position players include first initial, last name, at bats, home runs, RBI, batting average and stolen bases. Pitchers include IP, W-L, walks, Ks and ERA.

Deeper in the book there is a player register, and most have a sentence or two about the player, but only 330 players are included. However, the stats are more detailed, sort of what you'd expect to see on a 1970s baseball card.

I'm sure if I found this book in the mid-1990s, I would've been elated. But with other works done in a much better fashion, this leaves me unimpressed. I'd rather the book be done in a fashion like the Cohen and Neft Encyclopedias with detailed stats for all players year-to-year.