This is a great baseball book for reading or just for browsing at random. It describes over 1000 memorable games of major-league baseball, from the first major-league season (1876) through the 2016 season - a total of 141 years. Included are perfect games and other no-hitters, some great pitching duels, unassisted triple plays, games in which a player had four home runs or two grand slams, a pitcher who pitched two consecutive no-hitters, and many other great accomplishments. Did you know that the first National Leaguer to hit two grand slam home runs in one game was the pitcher? That a player was once picked-off three times in a game? That two modern baseball players - both of them Boston Red Sox - had three hits in one inning? That one game ended with a walk-off gull plonk? That there was once a quadruple play? That one pitcher had complete-game shutouts in both games of a doubleheader? That a batter once had hits for two different teams in two different cities on the very same day? That a triple play once started with a line drive that struck the third baseman in the head and then bounced to the shortstop? That a pitcher once pitched a complete nine-inning game but only made two plate appearances? Do you know the first pitcher to throw three no-hitters (he was a Chicago Cub). You can pick up this book and start reading anywhere and be endlessly fascinated - no need to start from the beginning. And if you read the whole book you will want to start re-reading it. Included is not only complete information about each memorable game, but also the lifetime statistics for the key players involved.

There is information for each year about the pennant and World Series winners, the most valuable players, the batting champions, the Cy Young Award winners, and other notable honors.