| Indiana-Born Major League Baseball Players: A Biographical Dictionary, 1871-2014 Contributor(s): Cava, Pete (Author) |
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ISBN: 078649901X ISBN-13: 9780786499014 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - History - Biography & Autobiography - Reference | Dictionaries |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2015027846 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.9" W x 9.9" (1.10 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |