One of the most popular players in Cincinnati Reds history, Ernie "Schnozz" Lombardi played 1931-1947 as an eight-time All-Star catcher. A big man with huge hands, a cannon for an arm and a namesake nose, he held two National League batting titles and a career average of .306. Yet he was so famously slow a runner that the infielders took to the outfield, where they could still throw him out. Fastballs not thrown hard enough were caught barehanded and fired back to the mound.
One unfortunate play in the 1939 World Series dogged Lombardi for the rest of his life and kept him from the Hall of Fame until long after his death. This first full-length biography gives a complete account of this outstanding player.
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Interest Age: From 18 years
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26 photos, appendix, notes, bibliography, index
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Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 13 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-4766-8921-0 (9781476689210)
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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.?The Early Years
?2.?Brooklyn
?3.?Cincinnati
?4.?"The Giant Italian Catcher"
?5.?The Crosley Era
?6.?Night Baseball
?7.?An -All-Star Year
?8.?Back to Last Place
?9.?MVP
10.?Pennant
11.?Tragedy and Triumph
12.?Letdown
13.?Boston
14.?New York
15.?The War Years
16.?Backup
17.?Back to the Minors
18.?Aftermath
19.?Later Years
20.?The Hall of Fame
Appendix: Ernie Lombardi's Statistics
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
