Honus Wagner's spectacular baseball career spanned 21 seasons from 1897 through 1917. Widely considered the greatest shortstop in baseball history, Wagner won eight National League batting titles and helped win the pennant four times for his hometown Pittsburgh Pirates. This book assembles the many stories about Wagner that circulated among his teammates, opposing players, writers and fans--reminiscences that define both his career and his life as a citizen in the Pittsburgh suburb of Carnegie.
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"Waldo gives an entertaining compilation of the familiar and not so familiar yarns touching Wagner and those around him. In doing so he captures the temper and tone of the era.... What is undeniable is that this is a labor of love, a very individual expression of Waldo's long held affection for the early Pirates."-Gail Rowe, The Inside Game (SABR Deadball Era Committee Newsletter).
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Interest Age: From 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
16 photos, appendix, notes, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 14 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-7864-9667-9 (9780786496679)
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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
Acknowledgments
Preface
1.?From Carnegie to Pittsburgh, by Way of Louisville
2.?Bilson Jack, a Louisville Hearse Ride and Wagner's Early Days in Baseball
3.?Rough-and-Tumble Fred Clarke
4.?Trains, Dining Cars, Theaters and the Stage
5.?The Game of Baseball as Seen Through Wagner's Eyes
6.?Ham Hyatt's Slugging Prowess, a Battle with Turkey Mike and Jimmy Viox's Mad Dash
7.?Tommy Leach, Truck Eagan, Bill McKechnie and Other Teammates
8.?Adversaries from the Cubs, Giants and Fellow National League Clubs
9.?Baseball's Greatest Player Enjoying Life's Simple Pleasures
10.?Encounters with the American Worker, an Angry Rabbit and Austrian Royalty
11.?"First in the Hearts of Baseball Fans"
Appendix: Career Statistics
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
