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 was regularly called the "King of Ballplayers" and was widely regarded as the greatest baseball player of all time before Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth came along. Colorful, competitive, and often unpredictable, Lajoie was so popular that the Cleveland team was called the Naps in his honor while he played for them. He was a multiple batting champion, the American League's first Triple Crown winner, and the third member of the 3,000 hits club. This book is the first ever full-length biography of this long ago superstar.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"this full biography of Lajoie, the first ever, will be welcomed by baseball history buffs"-Library Journal; "excellent, well-documented biography"-SABR Deadball Committee Newsletter; "due to Fleitz's careful research and detailed account, fans are now able for the first time to enjoy a complete picture of this baseball immortal"-Spitball; "extensive coverage"-Reference & Research Book News.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Interest Age: From 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
46 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 254 mm
Breite: 178 mm
Dicke: 15 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-7864-6879-9 (9780786468799)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
David L. Fleitz is a web developer and database analyst who lives in Troy, Michigan. A longtime SABR member, he has written nine other books on baseball history.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
?1.?Woonsocket
?2.?Fall River
?3.?Off to Philadelphia
?4.?Crossroads
?5.?Turning the Corner
?6.?"The Best That Ever Happened"
?7.?A Painful Season
?8.?The American League
?9.?"A Bright, Particular Star"
10.?Cleveland
11.?The Cleveland Naps
12.?Batting and Fielding
13.?Fourth Place
14.?Boss of the Naps
15.?Pennant Race
16.?"Just One of Those Things"
17.?Half a Game Out
18.?Stepping Down
19.?The Great Race
20.?A Season of Change
21.?The Silver Horseshoe
22.?Player vs. Manager
23.?The Fall of the Naps
24.?Back to Philadelphia
25.?A Pennant at Last
26.?The Final Season
27.?"The Past Is All a Dream"
Appendix A: Lajoie's Career Statistics
Appendix B: Lajoie's Nine Commandments of Hitting
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
