I really shouldn't call this research since I am not trying to write a paper on this topic. A few weeks ago I attended a talk given at a meeting of the New York Giants Preservation Society by the author of:
Mitchell, L. A. (2018). Baseball goes west: The Dodgers, the Giants, and the shaping of the major leagues
The author mentioned that at one time the quality of play at Pacific Coast League (PCL) was almost as good as that of Major League Baseball. This piqued my interest and I thought I should do some reading about the PCL.
I read parts of the following books:
O'NEAL, Bill (2018). PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE 1903-1988. S.l.: EAKIN PRESS.
Wells, D. R. (2004). Baseball's western front: The Pacific Coast League during World War II. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Co.
Zingg, P. J., & Medeiros, M. D. (1994). Runs, hits, and an era: The Pacific Coast League, 1903-58. Urbana: Published for the Oakland Museum by the University of Illinois Press.
There were many excellent ballplayers who spent their entire careers in the PCL. In earlier years those clubs were not farm teams for MLB. The San Francisco Seals, Los Angeles Angels, and Hollywood Stars were prominent teams in that league. But obviously, the PCL changed when MLB moved west in 1958.
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