Title:
Unbreakable : the 25 most unapproachable records in baseball / James R. Baehler.
ISBN:
9781613217030
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Sports Publishing, [2014]
©2014
Physical Description:
xvii, 190 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction: Baseball before 1900 -- The deadball era, 1900-1920 -- Jack Chesbro -- Ed Walsh "Big Ed" -- Christy Mathewson -- Walter Johnson "The Big Train" -- Ty Cobb -- Grover Cleveland Alexander -- Hubert "Dutch" Leonard -- The start of the live-ball era -- George Herman "Babe" Ruth -- Rogers Hornsby -- Carl Hubbell -- Hack Wilson -- Ted Williams -- Bob Feller -- Joe DiMaggio -- Warren Spahn -- Steve Carlton -- Bill Veeck and the color barrier -- Bill Veeck and Eddie Gaedel -- Mickey Mantle -- Harvey Haddix -- Rickey Henderson -- The Chicago Cubs -- Afterword: Willie Mays.
Summary:
Fascinating stories behind incredible records and the players who made them and provides a basis for comparing players of the Deadball era with those of today. Most importantly, it gives the true baseball fan quantitative objective data to bring to arguments about players and their records.
OCLC Number:
ocn869265905
Availability:
Apple Valley - Galaxie~1
