Ballparks of North America

A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia of Baseball Grounds, Yards and Stadiums, 1845 to 1988

Michael Benson author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc

Published:15th Oct '09

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Ballparks of North America cover

What grandstand collapsed during a game, killing twelve? How high is the Green monster in Fenway? In what park was the outfield fence only 187 feet from home plate?

Ballparks of North America is a comprehensive encyclopedia of the grounds, yards and stadiums used for organized baseball from the invention of the sport in the 1840s to the year 1988. Entries, listed alphabetically by community, cover everything from cornfields to Yankee Stadium. Each entry gives the location of the park, who played there and when, home run dimensions, seating capacity, architectural comments, attendance records, and anecdotes. More than 100 photos and drawings are included, some rare.

“exhaustive...an impressive work”—Library Journal; “another in this publisher’s excellent series of sports reference books...an impressive piece of research”—Choice.

ISBN: 9780786444212

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 26mm

Weight: 676g

505 pages