In 1903, a small league in California defied Organized Baseball by adding teams in Portland and Seattle to become the strongest minor league of the twentieth century. Calling itself the Pacific Coast League, this outlaw association frequently outdrew its major league counterparts and continued to challenge the authority of Organized Baseball until the majors expanded into California in 1958.
The Pacific Coast League introduced the world to Joe, Vince and Dom DiMaggio, Paul and Lloyd Waner, Ted Williams, Tony Lazzeri, Lefty O'Doul, Mickey Cochrane, Bobby Doerr, and many other baseball stars, all of whom originally signed with PCL teams. This thorough history of the Pacific Coast League chronicles its foremost personalities, governance, and contentious relationship with the majors, proving that the history of the game involves far more than the happenings in the American and National leagues.
In 1903, a small league in California defied Organized Baseball by adding teams in Portland and Seattle to become the strongest minor league of the twentieth century. Calling itself the Pacific Coast League, this outlaw association frequently outdrew its major league counterparts and continued to challenge the authority of Organized Baseball until the majors expanded into California in 1958.
The Pacific Coast League introduced the world to Joe, Vince and Dom DiMaggio, Paul and Lloyd Waner, Ted Williams, Tony Lazzeri, Lefty O'Doul, Mickey Cochrane, Bobby Doerr, and many other baseball stars, all of whom originally signed with PCL teams. This thorough history of the Pacific Coast League chronicles its foremost personalities, governance, and contentious relationship with the majors, proving that the history of the game involves far more than the happenings in the American and National leagues.
Dennis Snelling is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and the Pacific Coast League Historical Society. He is a three-time finalist for the Casey Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year, including for The Greatest Minor League. He lives in Rocklin, California.
impressive...definitive work on the Pacific Coast League...a
welcome addition"" - Booklist
""Snelling’s work is a grand and comprehensive history of the
entire league over its glory years...highly worthy contribution to
this rich legacy"" - Nine
""there have been a few histories of the PCL written over the
years, but Snelling’s work is by far the best. It will be the
standard PCL reference for years to come. Player biographies...are
excellent. Kudos to Dennis for writing such an interesting book. We
highly recommend it"" - Pacific Coast League Potpourri
""the definitive book on Pacific League baseball"" - At Home
Plate.com
""This is as informative and fun a league history as one could ever
hope to read. Snelling covers the Pacific Coast League from its
halting, turn-of-the-century beginnings to its long run as a de
facto ‘third Major League’
to its protracted turf battle with Major League Baseball as that
entity set its sights on westward expansion…. After reading this
book, it’s hard to argue with Snelling’s assertion that the PCL
truly was the Minors’
‘greatest league.’"" - Benjamin Hill of MiLB.com
""I think the title of this book is deceiving. This is not a
history of the Pacific Coast League (PCL). This book is almost
surely the definitive history of the Pacific Coast League."" - SABR
Deadball Era Committee Newsletter.
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