An illustrated history of baseball, covering the origins of the game, some of its best-known players, and significant changes in rules and practices throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Surveys the history of minor league baseball, describing the lives of players, coaches, umpires, and others involved and discussing developments in this facet of America's favorite pastime.

Introduces the Negro Leagues of baseball, highlighting the players, coaches, owners, and teams that dominated the leagues during the 1930s and 1940s.

"The true story of John Meyers and Charles Bender, who in 1911 became the first two Native American pro baseball players to face off in a World Series, teaches important lessons about resilience, doing what you love in the face of injustice, and the fightfor Native American representation in sports"--

Presents an illustrated biography of the man who broke baseball's color barrier and changed the way Americans viewed equality in sports.