Famed Washington sportswriter Shirley Povich once said that Clark Griffith's life was a true Horatio Alger story. Born in a frontier log cabin in Missouri in 1869, Griffith enjoyed a successful 64-year career in baseball that ended with his death in 1955. He spent 20 seasons as a major league pitcher, another 20 seasons as a manager--including five as the first manager of the New York Yankees--and 35 years as owner of the Washington Senators, where he won three American League pennants and the 1924 World Series. One of the game's greatest ambassadors, Griffith made his lasting mark as a labor leader and as one of the founders of the American League in 1901. This biography chronicles the Old Fox's long life in baseball, revealing in the process a vast trove of sporting history and illuminating the changing landscape of both baseball and American culture.
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"well researched biography"-Baseball America.
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Zielgruppe
Interest Age: From 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
11 photos, tables, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 19 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-7864-6386-2 (9780786463862)
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Ted Leavengood is managing editor of and a regular contributor to seamheads.com. He is the co-host of "Outta the Parkway," which airs weekly on Blogtalk Radio as part of the Seamheads Podcast Network, and he is the author of two other books on Washington baseball history.
Table of Contents
Preface
1. From Jesse James to Hoss Radbourn
2. Playing for Cap Anson's Chicago Colts
3. Radical Beginnings of the American League
4. American League Champions
5. Playing Off Broadway
6. Second Fiddle to Muggsy McGraw
7. Losing Ground
8. Clark Griffith Comes to Washington
9. A Minor Chord
10. This Is My Home
11. Putting the Pieces Together
12. When It Became Griffith Stadium
13. Griffith's Folly
14. Finally, a Championship Match Against John McGraw
15. All the Eggs, One Elegant Basket
16. The Big Train in the Big Rain
17. While the Hunting Is Still Good
18. Shopping a New Market for Talent
19. Last Hurrah
20. Finding the Road Tilts Upward
21. The War Years
22. Clark Griffith and the Homestead Grays
23. Peace
Epilogue
Appendix I: Career Player Stats
Appendix II: Career Managerial Record
Notes
Bibliography
Index
