Description: Further DetailsTitle: Indiana-Born Major League Baseball PlayersCondition: NewSubtitle: A Biographical Dictionary, 1871-2014EAN: 9780786499014ISBN: 9780786499014Publisher: McFarland & Co IncFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 10/06/2015Description: Indiana boasts a rich baseball tradition, with 10 native sons enshrined in Cooperstown. This biographical dictionary provides a close look at the lives of all 364 Hoosier big leaguers, who include New York City's first baseball superstar; the first rookie pitcher to win three games in a World Series; the man who caught most of Cy Young's record 511 career wins; one of the game's first star relievers; the player who held the record for consecutive games played before Lou Gehrig; an obscure infielder mentioned in Charles Schulz's Peanuts comic strip; baseball's only one-legged pitcher; Indiana's first Mr. Basketball, who became one of baseball's greatest pinch-hitters; the first African American to play for the Cincinnati Reds; the only pitcher to throw a perfect game in the World Series; the skipper of the 1969 "Miracle Mets"; the pitcher for whom a ground-breaking surgical procedure is named; and the only two men to have played in both the World Series and the Final Four of the NCAA Basketball Tournament.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 254mmItem Length: 178mmItem Weight: 500gAuthor: Pete CavaGenre: Sports & HobbiesTopic: Language & ReferenceISBN-10: 078649901XItem Width: 13mmRelease Year: 2015 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Indiana-Born Major League Baseball Players
Title: Indiana-Born Major League Baseball Players
Subtitle: A Biographical Dictionary, 1871-2014
EAN: 9780786499014
ISBN: 9780786499014
Release Date: 10/06/2015
Release Year: 2015
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Sports & Hobbies
Topic: Language & Reference
ISBN-10: 078649901X
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Name: Indiana-Born Major League Baseball Players : a Biographical Dictionary, 1871-2014
Language: English
Publisher: Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication Year: 2015
Item Height: 0.5 in
Subject: Dictionaries, Baseball / History, Baseball / General
Type: Not Available
Item Weight: 16.7 Oz
Item Length: 10 in
Subject Area: Référence, Sports & Recreation
Author: Pete Cava
Item Width: 7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
