Big Sam Thompson
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Big Sam Thompson
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Author : Roy Kerr
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2015-01-24
Big Sam Thompson written by Roy Kerr and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-24 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Forgotten today, Sam Thompson (1860-1922) was one of the most dominant five skills players of his era. At the plate, he batted .331, was second among 19th century players in home runs, and ranks first all-time in RBI per game (.923). In his prime, he averaged 25 steals a season. Defensively, he registered 283 outfield assists (12th all-time), and is first among all outfielders (with 1,000+ games) in his ratio of assists per game with one every 4.9 games. Using a primitive fielding glove with no webbing or pocket, he compiled the highest fielding average of any outfielder (1,000+ games) who completed his career before 1900. At age 46, 10 years after his last full major league season, Thompson played eight games for the injury-plagued Detroit Tigers, winning one contest with his bat and saving several others with spectacular catches in the outfield. This comprehensive biography traces Thompson's life and career from his childhood in rural Danville, Indiana, to his last days as a U.S. deputy marshal in Detroit, and clarifies his status of one of the greatest players in baseball's long and storied history.
The King Of Swat
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Author : William McNeil
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 1997-01-01
The King Of Swat written by William McNeil and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Who was the greatest home run hitter of all time? Babe Ruth? Henry Aaron? Willie Mays? Mickey Mantle? How about Negro Leaguers such as Josh Gibson or Norman Turkey Stearnes? Or minor league sluggers such as Joe Bauman who hit 72 four-baggers in 1954? And where does Sadaharu Oh and his 868 homers in the Japanese Central League fit in? Using statistical comparisons and accounting for the variances between players of different eras and levels of competition, this work provides the answer to the question of the greatest home run hitter of all time. The minors, Japanese, Negro and major leagues--both the deadball and lively ball eras--are fully analyzed. The home run hitting careers of the candidates in each league are first compared against other top sluggers in their own league, accounting for such differences as level of competition, size of ballparks, altitude in which the player played most of his games, night baseball and major league expansion. Players from different leagues are then compared to find the one player who stands out as the greatest home run hitter in the game's history. And the answer might surprise you.
The Detroit Wolverines
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Author : Brian Martin
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2017-12-07
The Detroit Wolverines written by Brian Martin and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-07 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The Detroit Tigers were founding members of the American League and have been the Motor City's team for more than a century. But the Wolverines were the city's first major league club, playing in the National League beginning in 1881 and capturing the pennant in 1887. Playing in what was then one of the best ballparks in America, during an era when Detroit was known as the "Paris of the West," the team battled hostile National League owners and struggled with a fickle fan base to become world champions, before financial woes led to their being disbanded in 1888. This first-ever history of the Wolverines covers the team's rise and abrupt fall and the powerful men behind it.
Roger Connor
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Author : Roy Kerr
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2011-09-29
Roger Connor written by Roy Kerr and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-29 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Known today as “the Babe Ruth of the 1880s,” Hall of Famer Roger Connor was the greatest of the nineteenth-century home run hitters, his career total (138) having stood as the major league record for nearly 24 years—until it was broken by Ruth himself. When he retired in 1897, he was also tops in triples (233), second in walks and total bases, third in hits, and fourth in doubles. But Connor did more than swing from his heels. He was an expert bunter who averaged more than twenty stolen bases a year (some credit him with inventing the “pop-up” slide) and led the league four times in fielding. Called “The Gentleman of the Diamond,” the slugger was never ejected from a game in seventeen major league seasons. This biography sheds new light on the life and five-decade baseball career of one of the games most admired and beloved players.
Cooperstown
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Author : Lowell Reidenbaugh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Cooperstown written by Lowell Reidenbaugh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Baseball categories.
Total Baseball
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Author : John Thorn
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Release Date : 1993
Total Baseball written by John Thorn and has been published by HarperCollins Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Sports & Recreation categories.
A hefty reference containing records of every major league player, team rosters of the Negro Leagues, two dozen or so essays, statistics and diagrams for every major league ballpark, batting stats for all major league pitchers, stats that reveal the game's best managers, awards and honors, rules and scoring, registers of managers, coaches, umpires, and owners. (See review of the CD-ROM version in the August 1992 Reference and Research Book News. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
American Poland China Record
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Author : American Poland-China Record Association
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1923
American Poland China Record written by American Poland-China Record Association and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1923 with Poland categories.
The Philadelphia Phillies
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Author : Donald Honig
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
The Philadelphia Phillies written by Donald Honig and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Examines the players, games, plays, and highlights from the Phillies' long history.
Pseudonyms And Nicknames Dictionary
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
Pseudonyms And Nicknames Dictionary written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Anonyms and pseudonyms categories.
Greatest Baseball Players Of All Time
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Author : Tom Owens
language : en
Publisher: Smithmark Publishers
Release Date : 1990
Greatest Baseball Players Of All Time written by Tom Owens and has been published by Smithmark Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Baseball categories.
Stories and pictures of baseball's 300 best players, past and present.