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Eddie Cicotte, who pitched in the American League from 1905 to 1920, was one of the tragic figures of baseball. He won 29 games in 1919 and led the Chicago…
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One of the most popular players in Cincinnati Reds history, Ernie ""Schnozz"" Lombardi played 1931-1947 as an eight-time All-Star catcher. A big man with huge hands, a cannon for an…
Shoeless Joe Jackson was one of baseball’s greatest hitters and most colourful players. This work chronicles his life from his poor beginnings to his involvement in the scandal surrounding the…
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A complete biography of Louis Sockalexis, known during his playing days as Chief of Sockem and Deerfoot on the Diamond . For three seasons Sockalexis batted well over 300, hit…
This work contains biographical and statistical information on 16 previously overlooked Hall of Famers, including Morgan G. Bulkeley, Candy Cummings, Roger Bresnahan, Jack Chesbro, Jesse Burkett, Kid Nichols, Bobby Wallace…
Cap Anson’s plaque at the Baseball Hall of Fame sums up his career with admirable simplicity: The greatest hitter and greatest National League player-manager of the 19th century. From Marshalltown…
A follow-up to Ghosts in the Gallery at Cooperstown (2004), this book provides chapter-length biographies on 16 Hall of Famers from baseball’s distant past. It covers the lives and careers…
In this critically acclaimed biography, the life and career of Joe Jackson is examined anew. The story of Jacksons youth and early experiences in textile baseball, his rise to stardom…
Almost from professional baseball’s birth more than 130 years ago, the batting championship has been one of the sport’s most highly coveted awards. Since 1949, the Louisville Slugger company has…
Napoleon Lajoie was the sixth player, and the first second baseman, to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. During his career, which lasted from 1896 to 1916, he…
During the 1890s, Cleveland’s National League team, called the Blues and later the Spiders, built a reputation as baseball’s roughest, toughest club. Baseball became a war in the Gay Nineties…
A survey of the contribution of the Irish to the American pastime and the ways in which Irish immigrants and baseball came of age together. It features chapters that cover…
