Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ?ix
Preface: Before Boudreau, or Why McKean Matters ?1
Prelude: October 11, 1895, 187 Superior Avenue, Cleveland ?7
One.?The Fields of Ohio (1884) ?19
Two.?The Best Shortstop in the International League (1885-1886) ?38
1895 Temple Cup: October 1, Cleveland ?56
Three.?The Invention of the Slugging Shortstop (1887-1888) ?71
Four.?Ed McKean and the Players' Revolt (1889-1890) ?88
1895 Temple Cup: October 2, Game One ?111
Five.?The Spiders Make a "World's Series" (1891-1892) ?119
Six.?Patsy's Hibernian Spiders (1893-1894) ?144
1895 Temple Cup: October 3 and 5, Games Two and Three ?166
Seven.?Temple Cup Champs (1895-1896 seasons) ?172
Eight.?Home on the Road (1897-1899) ?200
1895 Temple Cup: October 7, Game Four ?232
Nine.?The Hero of Rochester Revisited (seasons of 1902,
1905-1906) ?238
Ten.?A Pennant for Springfield (1907-1908 seasons) ?265
1895 Temple Cup: October 8, Final Game ?293
Appendix A: Ed McKean's Major League Career Batting Record ?299
Appendix B: Ed McKean's -Year-by-Year Offensive Rankings ?300
Appendix C: Lines from a Poem Attributed by Elmer Bates to Ed McKean ?305
Chapter Notes ?307
Bibliography ?325
Index ?331
