Having finished the previous season a mere game behind pennant-winning St. Louis, the Detroit Tigers entered spring training in 1945 determined to complete their drive to the top. Led by the pitching duo of Hal Newhouser and Paul Trout, benefiting from the signature career year of Roy Cullenbine and Eddie Mayo, and buoyed by the July return of Hank Greenberg, the team battled past the Browns and Senators for the American League title. In the World Series that followed, the Tigers and the last of the great Chicago Cubs teams of the century squared off in a memorable, seven-game World Series.
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Zielgruppe
Interest Age: From 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
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55 photos, statistics, notes, bibliography, index
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Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 18 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-7864-4196-9 (9780786441969)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Burge Carmon Smith is a retired Lutheran parochial school teacher, athletic administrator, and coach. A member of the Society for American Baseball Research, he lives in Texas.
Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: 1945-A Watershed Year
1. Sunday, September 30, 1945
2. Historical Background
3. Players of That Time
4. 1945 Spring Training
5. April
6. May
7. June
8. July
9. August
10. September
11. How Detroit Succeeded in Winning the Pennant
12. 1945 Statistics
13. The Fall Classic
14. Game One
15. Game Two
16. Game Three
17. Game Four
18. Game Five
19. Game Six
20. Game Seven
Epilogue: Where Did They Go?
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
