The Pittsburgh Pirates All-Time All-Stars
The Best Players at Each Position for the Bucs
Published on 1. March 2020
272 pages
978-1-4930-4361-3 (ISBN)
Description
Let's say you're the manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, deciding which players should start in Game 7 of the World Series against the American League champs. But instead of choosing from the current roster, you have every player in the team's 131-year history in your clubhouse. Who's your starting pitcher: lefty John Candelaria, steady Bert Blyleven, Cy Young winner Doug Drabek, or crafty Rip Sewell? Who bats cleanup-hitting-machine Honus Wagner, home-run champ Ralph Kiner, Willie "Pops" Stargell, or the hugely talented Barry Bonds? Combining career stats, common sense, and a host of intangibles, veteran sportswriter Dave Finoli imagines an embarrassment of riches and sets the all-time All-Star Pirates lineup for the ages.
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The Pittsburgh Pirates All-Time All-Stars
The Best Players at Each Position for the Bucs
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04/2020
The Lyons Press
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David Finoli is a sports historian and author whose many books include The Pittsburgh Pirates Encyclopedia (2003), The Pittsburgh Pirates (2005), Classic Bucs: The 50 Greatest Games in Pittsburgh Pirates History (2013), and Classic Steelers: The 50 Greatest Games in Pittsburgh Steeler History (2014), and Pirates by the Numbers: A Complete History of the Bucs by Uniform Number (2016). Finoli has also contributed to Pittsburgh Magazine and BaseballDigest.com, among others. He has been a member of the Society for American Baseball Research since 1999.
Content
- Intro
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 FIRST BASE
- 2 SECOND BASE
- 3 SHORTSTOP
- 4 THIRD BASE
- 5 LEFT FIELD
- 6 CENTER FIELD
- 7 RIGHT FIELD
- 8 CATCHER
- 9 STARTING ROTATION
- 10 BULLPEN
- 11 THE DECISION MAKERS: THE MANAGER AND GENERAL MANAGER
- 12 THE WINNERS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- SOURCES
