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$Title{Acknowledgments}
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Thorn, John
Palmer, Pete}
$Subject{Acknowledgments Gershman Pietrusza Mann Ray Cheshire Roland Bird
HarperCollins Acton Bakelar Cohen Waxman McKitty Jebsen Herman Dickinson Pozzo
CMC Creative Multimedia Corporation}
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Total Baseball: 1994 Edition
Acknowledgements
This third edition of Total Baseball could not have been published
without the assistance of a legion of writers, researchers, and editorial/
production staff. The principal contributors in these areas are credited on
the preceding staff page and table of contents; others may be acknowledged
within the text or in the separate introductions to the various sections of
Part 2. Still others provided vital inspiration, investigative tips, and
production help, yet go unmentioned in the body of the book; this page is for
them, especially those who took part in the launch of the book back in 1989.
Michael Gershman joined us for Total Baseball III, bringing his varied
talents to every aspect of the book and the new production company that has
developed from it. Mike believed we could open up Total Baseball to a wider
audience without abandoning the features that have endeared us to specialists;
several of the changes on display in this edition reflect his fresh views.
David Pietrusza had provided invaluable fact checking to the second
edition, as well as a fine piece on the business of baseball (with Steve
Mann). This time around his involvement was greater: in addition to fact
checking and additional writing assignments, Dave undertook the updating and
midnight-oil burning that in the second edition had been the province of
Richard Puff. Susan Ray, another veteran of the second edition, was of vital
help in the book's final weeks.
Marc Cheshire's splendid design for the first edition has stood the test
of time. Jacquie Roland supplied some additional refinements, notably for the
title page and part-titles. She also assisted in the project coordination,
earning the croix de guerre that in earlier editions had been won by Marc
Cheshire and Gypsy da Silva.
Peter Bird, president of Starkey & Henricks, has supervised the mammoth
job of setting Total Baseball in all its editions. We thank him and his
extraordinary staff for going the extra mile for us, especially in the final
weeks of production.
Without the commitment of HarperCollins to publishing this book in a
paperbound, reasonably priced new edition, this very costly project might have
seen its readership dwindle. Agent Jay Acton introduced us to the good folks
at HarperCollins, beginning with Nick Bakelar and Carol Cohen and culminating
with Maron Waxman. For Maron particularly--with whom we have worked on so many
other books through the years but never before one of this scope and
complexity--we extend deep appreciation for making this edition of Total
Baseball the best yet. To others at Harper Reference, a tip of the cap to
Kathy McKitty, Joana Jebsen, Craig Herman, and Nancy Dickinson.
Thanks as well to Eric Pozzo and all the brainy types out at CMC
(Creative Multimedia Corporation) who thought to bring Total Baseball to the
public in electronic form, through CD-ROM technology. We still can't quite
believe that a compact disc weighing an ounce or so contains everything in
this book, but it is so.
We are indebted to David Reuther, our friend and associate in many other
books, and tireless project manager for this one. His contributions to the
editorial, production, and business aspects of Total Baseball--both the
original and second editions--were truly indispensable.
For research help, particularly into the years before 1920, we extend
heartfelt thanks to (alphabetically) SABR colleagues Bill Carle, Bob
McConnell, David Neft, Bob Tiemann, and Frank Williams. Bill Carle helped us
with biographical data, especially debut dates. Bob McConnell lent his
personal expertise and his knowledge of the John Tattersall research
collection to clear up a variety of perplexing areas. David Neft supplied us
with heretofore unknown RBI data for the National League of 1880-1885 and
inspired us by his example, as the man who headed the Information Concepts,
Inc., team that produced The Baseball Encyclopedia of 1969. Bob Tiemann
provided game scores and sites for a host of pre-1900 games that were most
helpful in deriving, for the first time, home-road stats for the nineteenth
century; he also headed the SABR research project that yielded the National
Association data described below. And Frank Williams continued his remarkable
efforts in correcting pitcher won-lost records before 1920.
A veritable legion of readers took us up on our invitation to write with
their corrections and suggestions, from the mathematical to the typographical;
we thank them in the aggregate here and list them by name in the Notes on
Contributors near the end of the book.
And last, we thank some giants of baseball research whose work informs
these pages but who are no longer with us to receive the tribute: in no
particular order, Ernie Lanigan, John Tattersall, S.C. Thompson, Alex Haas,
Preston D. Orem, Len Gettelson, Lee Allen, and Harold Seymour.