Spalding Base Ball Guides, 1889‐1939

Ever notice that most sports announcers always seem to have current statistics? Now I understand the history of why they do. Sports fans and industry analysts have been tracking statistics for years as evidenced by the online Spalding Base Ball Guides, 1889‐1939 (SBBG), a new member of the American Memory Collection produced by the Library of Congress. A delight to baseball aficionados, scholars, statisticians and other cultural historians, SBBG comprises a historic selection of Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide and the Official Indoor Base Ball Guide. The guides were the brainchild of A.G. Spalding, a baseball player,...