The Biographical Encyclopedia of the
Negro Baseball Leagues by James A.
Riley
If You Love Baseball...
Covering the years between 1872 and 1950, the first comprehensive look
at the history of professional baseballs Negro Leagues documents the
careers of four thousand players, including Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays,
and Satchel Paige.
Personal Review: The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro
Baseball Leagues by James A. Riley
Editor James A. Riley is a renowned expert on the rich history of Negro
League Baseball. His crowning achievement is honoring more than 4,000
players and those involved in management between the years of
1872-1950 in this comprehensive biographical encyclopedia.
Included are biographies and statistics on each individual and team, a
bibliography that lists the materials used in the research, along with a
register of the interviews that Riley conducted.
The Negro Leagues had a major economic and social impact in the black
community, featured some of the greatest players & teams that the sport
has ever had and was an integrated business on the diamond, inside the
front offices and in the stands.
I have always compared the play in the Negro Leagues v. the white MLB to
that of the AFL v. NFL and ABA v. NBA; that it was on par or superior to
the other major league. The encyclopedia is a celebration of the legacy left
by those who not only challenged the institutionalized racial hatred of the
times, but triumphed in ways that we can learn from and must never forget.

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