| Aaron, Henry Louis, 1–4,
2(photo), 11, 199, 218 | home runs and, 135 | | Kuhn and, 160 | | Louisville Slugger and, 183 |
|
| Abbott, Bud, 317–18 |
| Abbott, George: Damn Yankees
and, 73 |
| Abbott, Jim, 81–82, 81(photo) |
| ABC, baseball on, 296 |
| Abenakis Baseball Club, 324 |
| Abrams, Roger: on Rose, 179 |
| Across the River and into the
Trees (Hemingway), 274 |
| Adams, Daniel Lucius, 75 |
| Adams, Doc, 188 |
| Adams, Franklin Pierce, 152,
233, 298 |
| Adler, Richard, 73 |
| African American players, 3, 4–6, 44, 132, 148, 153,
176, 179, 199, 216, 217,
229–30, 250, 255, 256, 258,
316 | Anson and, 14 | | reporting on, 166 |
|
| Alderson, Sandy, 305 |
| Alerts, 4 |
| Alexander, Grover Cleveland, 5, 6–7, 137, 238, 313 |
| All-American Girls Professional
Baseball League, 7–9, 63,
314, 325, 326 | all-star team of, 8(photo) | | film about, 101 |
|
| Allen, Lee, 27 |
| Allen, Maury, 130 |
| Allen, Mel, 9–10, 147, 243 |
| Allison, Douglas, 56 |
| All-Star Games, 11–12 | Internet voting for, 140 | | sponsorship for, 54 |
|
| Almeida, Rafael, 70 |
| Almost Famous (Small), 98 |
| ALS. See Amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis |
| Alston, Walter, 174 |
| American Association, 5, 64, 162,
189, 190 | Dauvray Cup and, 325 | | reserve clause and, 161, 249 | | Sunday games and, 247 | | umpires and, 303 |
|
| American Baseball Guild, 163 |
| American Card Catalog
(Burdick), 48 |
| American English, 169, 170 |
| American League, 162, 191, 251 | Comiskey and, 64–65 | | expansion for, 90 | | Lajoie and, 178 | | monopoly by, 163 | | team location for, 91 | | World Series and, 327 |
|
| American Legion baseball, 12,
272 |
| American Softball Association, |
| 277 |
| American Tobacco Company,
Wagner card by, 311 |
| Amherst College, baseball and,
62 |
| Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(ALS), 12–13, 252 | Gehrig and, 113, 115, 116 | | Hunter and, 137, 138 |
|
| Anaheim Angels, 20, 91 |
| Androstendione, 291 |
| Angelos, Peter, 71, 165 |
| Anson, Adrian Constantine
(Cap), 5, 13–15,
13(photo), 134, 155, 189,
217, 281 | acting by, 297 | | Sunday and, 292 |
|
| Anticollusion clause, 164, 165 |
| Anti-Semitism, 122, 148, 149,
159, 247 |
| Antitrust exemption, 15–16, 104,
161, 163, 166, 179, 191 |
| Aparacio, Luis, 176 |
| APBA(game), 112 |
| Arbitration, 164, 165 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks, 92 | entry fee for, 40 | | income for, 40 |
|
| Arizona Fall League, 177 |
| Arnold, Dorothy, 80 |
| Art, 16–17 |
| Artificial turf, 18, 24 |
| A. S. Barnes Company, 284 |
| Asinof, Eliot, 32, 101 |
| Assimilation, 148 |
| The Assistant (Malamud), 192 |
| Astor, William Waldorf, 331 |
