The Detroit Tigers were founding members of the American League and have been the Motor City's team for more than a century. But the Wolverines were the city's first major league club, playing in the National League beginning in 1881 and capturing the pennant in 1887. Playing in what was then one of the best ballparks in America, during an era when Detroit was known as the "Paris of the West," the team battled hostile National League owners and struggled with a fickle fan base to become world champions, before financial woes led to their being disbanded in 1888. This first-ever history of the Wolverines covers the team's rise and abrupt fall and the powerful men behind it.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Interest Age: From 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
32 photos, appendix, notes, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 13 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-4766-6507-8 (9781476665078)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Award-winning journalist Brian Martin lives in London, Ontario. He is a member of the selection committee of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
?1. Late to the Game
?2. The Hollinger Nine
?3. Getting Back in the Game
?4. A Fine Debut
?5. A Wild Ride
?6. Thompson and the -Tail-enders
?7. Retooling
?8. A Big Deal
?9. Going for It
10. Getting There
11. Collapse
Epilogue
Appendix: Detroit Baseball Rosters, 1879, 1881 to 1888
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
