Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945, Fred Clarke began his career in 1894 with a record day at the plate, going 5 for 5. He would go on to play for 21 years spending most of that time as the player-manager of the Pirates, a team he led to four pennants and one World Series Championship (1909).
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"Waldo has helped to fill gap with this first full-length biography. Waldo does an excellent job of bringing Clarke the player to life"-The Inside Game (SABR Deadball Era Committee Newsletter).
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Zielgruppe
Interest Age: From 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
15 photos, appendix, notes, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 15 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-7864-5933-9 (9780786459339)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Ronald T. Waldo, a member of the Society for American Baseball Research, lives in Pittsburgh. His articles have appeared in Pittsburgh Pride Magazine and Sports Collectors Digest, and he is the author of several books on baseball history.
Table of Contents
Preface
?1.?A Fall Day in Winterset
?2.?Two Passions Are Born
?3.?Fearless Youngster
?4.?The Original Boy Wonder Manager
?5.?Goodbye Louisville, Hello Pittsburgh
?6.?Pennant Flag Hangs from Corsair Craft
?7.?Pittsburgh Repeats in Spite of Johnson's Treachery
?8.?Historic Battle with an Old Friend
?9.?Clarke Trades Proven Performers to Improve Team
10.?Twenty-Nine Game Loser Becomes Staff Ace
11.?Pirates Come Close During Great Race
12.?Championship Glory
13.?Clarke Betrayed by Pittsburgh Fans
14.?Marty O'Toole's Three-Ring Circus
15.?A Great Career Winds Down
16.?Can't Get Baseball Out of His Blood
17.?A Full Life After Baseball
Appendix: Fred Clarke's Career Statistics
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
