
Sizzler
George Sisler, Baseball's Forgotten Great
Rick Huhn(Author)
University of Missouri Press
Will be published approx. on 31. October 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-8262-2013-4 (ISBN)
Description
"Gorgeous George" Sisler, a left-handed first baseman, began his major-league baseball career in 1915 with the St. Louis Browns. During his sixteen years in the majors, he played with such baseball luminaries as Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, and Rogers Hornsby. He was considered by these stars of the sport to be their equal, and Branch Rickey, one of baseball's foremost innovators and talent scouts, once said that in 1922 Sisler was "the greatest player that ever lived."
By including excerpts from Sisler's unpublished memoir, as well as references to the national and international events that took place during his heyday, Huhn reveals the full picture of this family man who overcame great obstacles, stood on high principles, and left his mark on a game he affected in a positive way for fifty-eight years.
By including excerpts from Sisler's unpublished memoir, as well as references to the national and international events that took place during his heyday, Huhn reveals the full picture of this family man who overcame great obstacles, stood on high principles, and left his mark on a game he affected in a positive way for fifty-eight years.
Reviews / Votes
Huhn's book takes readers back to the golden decade of baseball. . . . Highly recommended. - Choice Vol. 42, No. 7, March 2005""The Sizzler is full of surprises, even for the most keen baseball aficionados."" - Ohiana Quarterly, No. 3, Fall 2005
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Missouri
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
513 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8262-2013-4 (9780826220134)
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Person
Rick Huhn, an attorney and member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), lives in Westerville, Ohio. In August 2001, he was encouraged by George Sisler, Jr., to write his late father's story and was given the enthusiastic cooperation of the Sisler family in writing this biography.