About the Author

Arthur D. Hittner is a retired attorney in the Boston office of Nixon Peabody LLP. He is a longtime member of SABR and a former co-owner of the Lowell Spinners, a minor league affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. He lives in Natick, Massachusetts.

Reviews

"A fabulous job...interesting"--SABR Deadball Committee Newsletter

"A full-length examination of the greatest player in the National League during the first half-century of its existence"--Choice

"Excellent...superior...a must-read...outstanding"--HaroldSeymour.com

"Exhaustive"--USA Today Sports Weekly

"Recommended"--Library Journal

"Scholarly"--Spitball

"Exhaustively researched, thoroughly detailed"--Baseball America