Spalding's Official Baseball Guide (1885)

“Spalding’s Base Ball Guide” again greets the base ball public with the official records of America’s national game. First issued in 1877, it has grown in popularity, has been enlarged and improved from year to year, and is now the recognized authority upon base ball matters. The statistics contained in the “ Guide ” can be relied upon, nearly all of them having been compiled from official records.

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Table of Contents:

COVER

PUBLISHERS’ NOTICE

INTRODUCTION

JAMES O’ROURKE

THE AMERICAN FIELDING AVERAGES FOR 1884

THE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD

THE COLLEGE AVERAGES

THE PRESIDENT’S DUTIES

INDEX

PLAYING RULES

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