Sometimes life isn't fair: Most of the finishes in the 52-year history of the franchise (1901-1953) were in the depths of the second division. The one exception was 1922, a year in which the Browns led the league in batting, slugging, runs, triples, stolen bases, walks, strikeouts, saves and earned run average--and still came in second.
This book meticulously recreates that year from spring training to season's end, when they fought the Yankees down to the wire, losing by one game on the next to the last day.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"the year the lowly Browns led the league in most every category, and still finished second"-Baseball America.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Interest Age: From 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
16 photos, appendices, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 216 mm
Breite: 140 mm
Dicke: 12 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-7864-7745-6 (9780786477456)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Roger A. Godin currently serves as team curator for the NHL's Minnesota Wild after having served two tours as director of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame. While American hockey is the principal focus of his research, he has written a number of monographs for Society for American Baseball Research publications. He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Spring Training: Alabamy Bound
2. April: Kenny Williams Took a Bat and Gave a Baseball Three Long Whacks
3. May: Welcome Back Babe
4. June: Troubles with Mays and Haney
5. July: "I Never Doctored the Ball"
6. August: Reinforcement from Boston
7. September: "I Benched Davis...to Get Rid of Smith"
8. Aftermath: Last Days and Last Hurrahs
Appendix A: Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Statistics
Appendix B: Dave Danforth Statement, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Appendix C: The "Little World Series" Games
Bibliography
Index
