The greatest players in baseball history are honored in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Fans and sports journalists often lament about players who might have joined the immortal ranks, if only fate--circumstances, injury or even death--hadn't intervened.
Presenting a "who's who of what-ifs," this book focuses on 40 well known non-inductees, such as Tony Conigliaro, Denny McLain and Jose Fernandez, along with many others all but lost to history, such as Ross Barnes, Charlie Ferguson and Hal Trosky. Also included are more than 100 "honorable mentions" covering all of pro baseball history, from the 1860s to the 2010s.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Interest Age: From 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
31 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 19 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-4766-8479-6 (9781476684796)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Bill Deane is an award-winning baseball researcher, and author of nine books and hundreds of articles on the National Pastime. He lives in Cooperstown, New York.
Table of Contents
Preface
The Who's Who of What Ifs
Rick Ankiel
Ross Barnes
Lyman Bostock
Bill Bradley
Steve Busby
Cesar Cedeno
Ray Chapman
Tony Conigliaro
Jack Coombs
Larry Corcoran
Tommy Davis
Charlie Ferguson
Jose Fernandez
Boo Ferriss
Mark Fidrych
Don Gullett
Ken Hubbs
Bill Hutchison
Charlie Keller
Bill Lange
Buddy Lewis
Jim Maloney
Carlos May
Austin McHenry
Denny McLain
Don Newcombe
Dave Orr
Mark Prior
Pete Reiser
J.R. Richard
Al Rosen
Herb Score
Louis Sockalexis
Karl Spooner
Monty Stratton
Dickie Thon
Cecil Travis
Hal Trosky
Brandon Webb
Joe Wood
Appendix A: Honorable Mentions
Jim Abbott
Harry Agganis
Moises Alou
Lady Baldwin
Gene Bearden
Johnny Beazley
Albert Belle
Paul Blair
Steve Blass
Vida Blue
Tiny Bonham
Britt Burns
Chris Carpenter
Rico Carty
Bob Caruthers
Dean Chance
Spud Chandler
Joe Charboneau
Ed Cicotte
King Cole
Hub Collins
Jim Creighton
Hugh Daily
Steve Dalkowski
Eric Davis
Willie Davis
Paul Dean
Bill Delancey
Jim Devlin
Dominic DiMaggio
Mike Donlin
Dave Dravecky
Fred Dunlap
Luke Easter
Jim Eisenreich
Nick Esasky
Happy Felsch
Jocko Flynn
Ray Fosse
Nomar Garciaparra
Wayne Garland
Dwight Gooden
Vean Gregg
Pedro Guerrero
Noodles Hahn
George Hall
Josh Hamilton
Zaza Harvey
Willard Hershberger
Bug Holliday
Charlie Hollocher
Dummy Hoy
LaMarr Hoyt
Tex Hughson
Bo Jackson
Joe Jackson
Jackie Jensen
Bill Joyce
Benny Kauff
Dickey Kerr
Darryl Kile
Matt Kilroy
Silver King
Dave Kingman
Chuck Knoblauch
Harry Krause
Terry Larkin
Frank Lary
Sal Maglie
Don Mattingly
Carl Mays
Von McDaniel
Sam McDowell
Alex McKinnon
Sadie McMahon
Minnie Minoso
Justin Morneau
Ed Morris
Mark Mulder
Thurman Munson
Steve Olin
Tony Oliva
Mel Parnell
Johnny Pesky
Rico Petrocelli
Jimmy Piersall
Arlie Pond
Bret Saberhagen
Johan Santana
Urban Shocker
Wayne Simpson
Grady Sizemore
Dave Stieb
George Stone
Frank Tanana
Oscar Taveras
Virgil Trucks
Mickey Vernon
Zoilo Versalles
Eddie Waitkus
Dick Wakefield
Pete Ward
Lefty Williams
Dontrelle Willis
Don Wilson
Jimmy Wood
Kerry Wood
David Wright
Appendix B: Players Who Made the Hall of Fame Despite Careers Cut Short
Roy Campanella
Orlando Cepeda
Roberto Clemente
Mickey Cochrane
Dizzy Dean
Ed Delahanty
Lou Gehrig
Hank Greenberg
Addie Joss
Ralph Kiner
Sandy Koufax
Kirby Puckett
Jackie Robinson
Amos Rusie
Ted Williams
Ross Youngs
Bibliography
Index
