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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. First edition. First edition stated. Hardcover in gray cloth stamped in red and black with facsimile player autographs front cover. 247 pp. with bibliography, seating diagrams of all major league parks. Fine, no dust jacket. Illustrated with photographs of prominent players with facsimile signatures and team photos of the 1954AL pennant winning Cleveland Indians and World Series winning New York Giants. The first part of the book consists of position by position autobiographical sketches by then current stars, for example "The Center-Fielder" by Willie Mays, "The Second Baseman" (Nellie Fox), " The Catcher" (Yogi); "The Left Fielder" (Stan Musial). there follows a series of articles on topics such a scoring, how to figure averages, the Hall of Fame, etc.