This book profiles forty major league ballplayers who engineered remarkable comebacks to salvage fading careers. Details of each comeback is provided along with a summary of the player's career. The comeback players range from Hall of Famers like Ted Williams and Stan Musial; to near-greats like Tommy John and Luis Tiant; to journeyman performers like George McQuinn and Tony Cuccinello.
In the absence of statistical standards to evaluate or even define comebacks, the selection of the top comeback players was based on the following criteria: historical significance, uniqueness, dramatic content, degree of difficulty, and the player's overall reputation and standing.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Interest Age: From 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
33 photos, appendix, notes, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 254 mm
Breite: 178 mm
Dicke: 14 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-7864-7654-1 (9780786476541)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Society for American Baseball Research member Rick Swaine has five baseball books in publication, two of them on baseball's integration era. He has also been a contributor to The Baseball Research Journal and The National Pastime. Retired from an accounting career, he lives in the Tallahassee, Florida area.
Table of Contents
Introduction
?1.?Tommy John
?2.?Hank Greenberg
?3.?Smoky Joe Wood
?4.?Monty Stratton
?5.?Bo Jackson
?6.?Eric Davis
?7.?Andres Galarraga
?8.?Ted Williams
?9.?Stan Musial
10.?Grover Cleveland Alexander
11.?Rabbit Maranville
12.?Willie McCovey
13.?Eddie Waitkus
14.?Tony Conigliaro
15.?Charley Gelbert
16.?Dennis Eckersley
17.?Red Schoendienst
18.?Rico Carty
19.?Dave Dravecky
20.?Jack Quinn
21.?John Hiller
22.?Steve Howe
23.?George McQuinn
24.?Luis Tiant 128
25.?Robin Roberts
26.?Babe Adams
27.?Mark Koenig
28.?Orlando Hernandez
29.?Sal Maglie
30.?Jimmie Wilson
31.?Satchel Paige
32.?Darryl Strawberry and Dwight "Doc" Gooden
33.?Dennis Martinez
34.?Fernando Valenzuela
35.?Julio Franco
36.?Johnny Lindell
37.?Fred Mitchell
38.?Tony Cuccinello
39.?Van Lingle Mungo
Appendix: Comeback Player of the Year Award
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
