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Major League FinancesBy Patrick Mondout
Super70s Baseball has a wealth (pun
intended) of information relating the economics of baseball. This includes
attendances figures for every Major League
season since 1871, all movements of franchises
- with before and after attendance figures - from 1901 to the present, payrolls
for some seasons between 1929 and 1956 plus 1977 to the present,
individual salaries from 1985 to 2004, fancosts from 1991 to the present,
valuations from 1990 on, lists of yearly free agent filings since 1976,
and revenues/expenses per team since 1990. Most of this information is
already on the yearly team pages (1996
Baltimore Orioles or 1929
New York Yankees, for example), but you can also access it on a yearly
MLB-wide basis as well:
Attendance (for all Major Leagues from 1871
forward except 1915 FL)
Fancosts (1991
to the 2006)
Franchise Movements (from 1901 to the
present)
Franchise Valuations (1990
to 2005)
Free Agents (1976 to 2005)
Payrolls (1916
and some years between 1929-1956;
all between 1976 and 2006).
Revenues/Expenses (1990
to 2005)
Salaries, Individual by Team (1985
to 2005)
The top right of all of these pages have a navigation tool (labeled MLB
Financials by Year) to make it easy to view all of this information.
Information on where the information came from is on each page, but you
can also check our credits. Much of the
work of compiling this information was by Rodney Fort, who has an
excellent site full of such data.
Baseball
Economics sources/bibliography:
Business
of Baseball, The by Albert Powers
Baseball,
Inc.: The National Pastime As Big Business by Frank P. Jozsa Jr.
Baseball
and Billions: A Probing Look Inside the Big Business of Our National Pastime
by Andrew Zimbalist
Built
to Win: Inside Stories and Leadership Strategies from Baseball's Winningest GM
by John Schuerholz
Free
Agency and Competitive Balance in Baseball by Ronald W. Cox
The
Formation, Sometimes Absorption and Mostly Inevitable Demise of 18 Professional
Baseball Organizations, 1871 to Present by David Pietrusza.
Getting
in the Game: Inside Baseball's Winter Meetings by Josh Lewin
State
of Baseball Management: Decision-Making in the Best and Worst Teams, 1993-2003
by Scott Barzilla
In
the Best Interests of Baseball? The Revolutionary Reign of Bud Selig by
Andrew Zimbalist
May
the Best Team Win: Baseball Economics and Public Policy, by Andrew Zimbalist
The
Inside Pitch ... and More: Baseball's Business and the Public Trust by Gene
A. Budig
Early
Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825-1908 by Dean A. Sullivan.
Middle
Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1900-1948 by Dean A. Sullivan.
Late
Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball 1945-1972 by Dean A. Sullivan
Total
Baseball: The Ultimate Baseball Encyclopedia by John Thorn, et al.
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Our sites have always been by you and about you. If
you check
our TV Forums or our Technology & Science forums, you'll find literally thousands of messages from fans
of 1970s TV shows, survivors of hurricanes or aircraft accidents, etc. from all over the world sharing their memories, asking
questions, making comments. Our baseball section is new, but don't let
that stop you from sharing
your memories of the first game you went to, your favorite player, a
now-forgotten stadium, etc. Of course you can also ask questions, post
trivia, tell the world what you think of Barry Bonds, or just read what
others are saying.
--Patrick Mondout
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