Professional Baseball in North Carolina

J. Chris Holaday is a fulltime copywriter and photographer in Durham, North Carolina. A member of the Society for American Baseball Research, he is the author of several other books on baseball history.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgements    Author’s Note     Foreword     Introduction     The Towns and Their Teams     Appendix 1: The Negro Leagues     Appendix 2: The Textile Leagues     Appendix 3: Biographies     Appendix 4: About the Team Names     Appendix 5: North Carolina Major Leaguers     Bibliography     Index

“the best-looking book I have seen yet from McFarland...an essential reference for anyone interested in North Carolina professional baseball...a very useful reference book...thank you, McFarland! Thank you, Chris Holaday!”—Nine; “easy to read...likeable”—SABR Deadball Committee Newsletter; “[Holaday] presents his gratifying full information clearly and concisely...comprehensive index...many photographs”—The North Carolina Historical Review; “a reader-friendly reference work”—News & Record; “a masterful job...fascinating reading”—Winston-Salem Journal; “definitive”—The Diamond Angle.