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Ronald T. Waldo
This detailed history recounts the entire 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates season, paying special attention to the team’s construction and the World Series. Appendices provide complete statistics for the 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates…
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Widely considered the greatest shortstop in baseball history, Honus Wagner won eight National League batting titles and helped win the pennant four times for his hometown Pittsburgh Pirates. This book…
This book brings to life the many odd, eccentric, and bizarre characters of baseball from the 1800s through the Deadball Era. While many stories are about the game’s greats such…
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Considered one of the fastest and smartest base runners of his era, Hazen “Kiki’ Cuyler played for four National League pennant winners and participated in three World Series over his…
After many disappointing seasons during the 1930s, the 1938 Pittsburgh Pirates looked like they were finally poised to claim their first National League pennant since 1927. A hot streak during…
Without question, the 1902 Pirates aggregation was the greatest of those three squads. This definitive historical account examines the record-breaking 1902 Pittsburgh season, the politics that shaped baseball’s landscape during…
In Baseball’s Roaring Twenties, Ronald T. Waldo recounts the rollicking escapades surrounding a distinct collection of players, managers, umpires, and fans that truly personified this era of baseball history. Waldo…
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Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945, Fred Clarke began his career in 1894 with a record day at the plate, going 5 for 5. He would go…
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The Deadball Era changed everything. From 1900 to 1919, a host of great players ushered in a century of groundbreaking baseball. Many exceptional diamond icons during this period established single-season…
From Waddell to Bartell, Ronald T. Waldo shares why many of the greatest players in Pittsburgh Pirates history were traded or released during Barney Dreyfuss's tenure owning the team.