David Voigt

David Quentin Voigt

• School Albright College, Columbia University, Syracuse University
• High School Hershey Industrial School

• Born August 9, 1926 in Reading, PA USA
• Died January 16, 2016 in Cumru Township, PA USA

Biographical Information

David Voigt was a baseball historian and author. He wrote American Baseball, a three-part series that was published between 1966 and 1983, among other books, and contributed to the Baseball Research Journal. In addition, Voigt served as a consultant in the making of Ken Burns' series Baseball and was a member of the Major League Baseball to the Commissioner's Committee for Historical Accuracy.

From 1974 to 1975, he served a President of the Society for American Baseball Research.

He also taught at Albright College.

Further Reading

• David Quentin Voigt: American Baseball. Vol. 1: From Gentleman's Sport to the Commissioner System, American Baseball Series, The Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, PA, 1983 (originally published in 1966). ISBN 978-0271003344
• David Quentin Voigt: American Baseball. Vol. 2: From the Commissioners to Continental Expansion, American Baseball Series, The University of Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, PA, 1983 (originally published in 1970). ISBN 978-0271003306
• David Quentin Voigt: American Baseball. Vol. 3: From Postwar Expansion to the Electronic Age, American Baseball Series, The University of Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, PA, 1983. ISBN 978-0271003320

Related Sites

• In Memoriam: David Quentin Voigt
• SABR Salute: David Quentin Voigt