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Major League Baseball Players of 1884 - A Biographical Dictionary
von Paul Batesel
2010 Kartoniert, 252 Seiten, 254mm x 178mm x 14mm, Sprache(n): eng This work presents biographical and career sketches of each of the 637 participants in the 1884 Major League Baseball season. It also includes more than 100 photographs and 110 charts of the players' performances on National Asso…
Baseball Nicknames - A Dictionary of Origins and Meanings
von James K. Skipper
2011 Kartoniert, 400 Seiten, 229mm x 152mm x 23mm, Sprache(n): eng The nicknames for over 3, 600 players, umpires, managers, owners, broadcasters, writers, executives, other officials, and fans are included in this comprehensive reference work. Each entry provides the given name of the individua…
Reynolds, Raschi and Lopat - New York's Big Three and the Great Yankee Dynasty of 1949-1953 [LARGE…
von Sol Gittleman
2009 Kartoniert, 362 Seiten, 254mm x 178mm x 20mm, Sprache(n): eng When the 1949-1953 New York Yankees won an astounding five consecutive World Series, they did it without the offensive firepower that characterized so many of their championship teams before and after. The franchise came to rely…
Yankees Coming, Yankees Going - New York Yankee Player Transactions, 1903 Through 1999
von Lyle Spatz
2009 Kartoniert, 336 Seiten, 254mm x 178mm x 18mm, Sprache(n): eng Trading, buying and selling players have always been key in building better baseball teams, and few things stir the interest and passion of fans so much as a blockbuster trade. This work exhaustively chronicles the Babe Ruth pur…
Historical Dictionary of Baseball
von Lyle Spatz
2013 Gebunden, 504 Seiten, 235mm x 157mm x 34mm, Sprache(n): eng Dating back to 1869 as an organized professional sport, the game of baseball is not only the oldest professional sport in North America, but also symbolizes much more. Walt Whitman described it as "our game, the American game, " an…
Cracks in the Outfield Wall - The History of Baseball Integration in the Carolinas
von Chris Holaday
2024 Gebunden, 280 Seiten, 240mm x 161mm x 21mm, Sprache(n): eng The best-known story of integration in baseball is Jackie Robinson, who broke the major league color line in 1947 after coming up through the minor leagues the previous year. His story, however, differs from those of the many playe…
August "Garry" Herrmann - A Baseball Biography
von William A. Cook
2007 Kartoniert, 304 Seiten, 254mm x 178mm x 16mm, Sprache(n): eng August Garry Herrmann entered the murky waters of 19th century machine politics in Cincinnati, serving as a trusted lieutenant to one of the most powerful political bosses in the country, George B. Cox. Herrmann, a gifted man who…
Early Black Baseball in Minnesota - The St. Paul Gophers, Minneapolis Keystones and Other Barnstor…
von Todd Peterson
2010 Kartoniert, 314 Seiten, 254mm x 178mm x 17mm, Sprache(n): eng Though they played in the years before Rube Foster formed the first Negro League, the St. Paul Gophers and their bitter crosstown rivals, the Minneapolis Keystones, had the talent, bench depth, and determination to rival many of…
Waite Hoyt - A Biography of the Yankees' Schoolboy Wonder
von William A. Cook
2004 Kartoniert, 258 Seiten, 229mm x 152mm x 15mm, Sprache(n): eng Waite Hoyt was much more than a baseball player. A multi-faceted, sometimes troubled man, Hoyt was a vaudevillian, a mortician, a writer, a painter, and (of course) a Hall of Fame pitcher. He was also an alcoholic who overcame hi…
Tony Lazzeri - A Baseball Biography
von Paul Votano
2005 Kartoniert, 218 Seiten, 229mm x 152mm x 13mm, Sprache(n): eng Baseball player Tony Lazzeri was the first great Italian-American sports superstar. He was known for his excellent glove, strong throwing arm and good speed, as well as his honesty, integrity and support of his teammates. This me…