2005 Who's Who in Baseball First edition by MacLean, Norman (editor) (2005) Paperback

This is one of those glorious books for baseball's figure filberts. The volume provides for the lifetime records of well over 700 major league players (including their minor league records!). It is a statistical treasure trove! What about Julio Lugo? You can trace his minor leagure record from Auburn of the New York-Penn league in 1995 (.291 batting average) to 1998 at Kissimmee in the Florida State League (.303) to his major league record (e.g., .275 in 2003 with Tampa Bay). Pitchers, of course, are included. Especially intriguing is the huge amount of space taken up by Jesse Orosco--from his 1978 debut with Elizabethtown in the Appalachian league (1.13 ERA) to an 8.00 ERA with New York and Minnesota in 2003. It's just a lot of fun to rifle through the pages and reacquaint oneself with the complete records of players from A (e.g., Bobby Abreu) to Z (e.g., Todd Zeile). So, all in all, this franchise publication--into its 90 plus years of existence--remains a rich resource for the serious baseball fan.