Lyle Spatz is the chairman of SABR”s Baseball Records Committee. He is the author of three books of baseball history, co-author of another, and has contributed chapters to several more. His articles have appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, other newspapers, and numerous baseball magazines. He has taught baseball history to Elderhostel groups and also presented papers at the Babe Ruth Conference at Hofstra University and at the Jackie Robinson Conference at Long Island University.
11 Ebooks by Lyle Spatz
Lyle Spatz: Historical Dictionary of Baseball
Dating back to 1869 as an organized professional sport, the game of baseball is not only the oldest professional sport in North America, but also symbolizes much more. Walt Whitman described it as ‘; …
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€51.60
Lyle Spatz: Willie Keeler
Playing in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Willie Keeler is still considered one of baseball’s most accomplished batters in the history of the game. Wee Willie’s popular ‘;Hit ‘;em …
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€80.77
Lyle Spatz: Hugh Casey
Hugh Casey was one of the most colorful members of the iconic Brooklyn Dodgers of the 1940s, a team that took part in four great pennant races, the first National League playoff series, and two excit …
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€69.76
Lyle Spatz & Steve Steinberg: Colonel and Hug
From the team’s inception in 1903, the New York Yankees were a floundering group that played as second-class citizens to the New York Giants. The team was purchased in 1915 by Jacob Ruppert and …
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€55.22
Spatz Lyle Spatz: Bad Bill Dahlen
He was often nonchalant and unfocused, showing up minutes before a game. He was rumored to get himself ejected so he could get to the racetrack. He was feisty, and abusive towards umpires even by tod …
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€25.79
Spatz Lyle Spatz: Dixie Walker
Over the course of fifty years in the mid-twentieth century, Fred "Dixie" Walker lived several baseball lives. Dubbed the successor to Babe Ruth after his impressive major league debut in 1 …
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€23.10
Spatz Lyle Spatz: New York Yankees Openers
The New York Yankees are baseball’s most storied team. They first played at Hilltop Park, then moved to the Polo Grounds, then Yankee Stadium, Shea Stadium, back to the renovated Yankee Stadium, and …
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€38.51
Lyle Spatz: Bridging Two Dynasties
Of all the New York Yankees championship teams, the 1947 club seemed the least likely. Bridging the gap between the dynasties of Joe Mc Carthy and Casey Stengel, the team, managed by Bucky Harris, wa …
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€30.92
Lyle Spatz & Steve Steinberg: Comeback Pitchers
2022 SABR Baseball Research Award Finalist for the 2022 SABR Seymour Medal The careers of pitchers Jack Quinn and Howard Ehmke began in the Deadball Era and peaked in the 1920s. They were teammates f …
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€64.21
Lyle Spatz & Steve Steinberg: Comeback Pitchers
2022 SABR Baseball Research Award Finalist for the 2022 SABR Seymour Medal The careers of pitchers Jack Quinn and Howard Ehmke began in the Deadball Era and peaked in the 1920s. They were teammates f …
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€63.74
Lyle Spatz & Steve Steinberg: Mike Donlin
Mike Donlin was a brash, colorful, and complicated personality. He was the most popular athlete in New York and was a star on the powerful New York Giants teams of 1905 and 1908. Though haunted by tr …
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€41.60
