Lew Freedman

Cy Young

The Baseball Life and Career

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An early celebrity pitcher, Denton "Cy" Young (1867-1955) established supreme standards on the mound. A small-town Ohio farmer made good, he set Major League pitching records in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that will likely last forever. The winner of 511 games--nearly one hundred more than the second-ranked hurler--Young pitched the first perfect game of the modern era, as well as three no-hitters. His talents helped establish the American League in 1901. Among the Hall of Fame's first inductees, he remained a sought-after interviewee decades after retirement. A year after his death, the Cy Young Award was dedicated as baseball's most prestigious honor for pitchers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 343g
• ISBN-13: 9781476676821
• ISBN-10: 1476676828
• Artikelnr.: 56789743

Autorenporträt

Lew Freedman is a former Alaska resident who spent 17 years at the Anchorage Daily News as sports editor and columnist. The author of 58 books, Freedman is a graduate of Boston University with a degree in journalism and he earned a Master's degree from Alaska Pacific University. He currently resides in Indiana with his wife Debra.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Introduction
1.
Perfect
2.
Ohio
3.
The Majors
4.
Back to Cleveland
5.
Mowing Them Down
6.
Me, Her and the Ball
7.
The Sometimes Gay Nineties
8.
1896
9.
1897 10.
Cleveland's Last Gasp 11.
St. Louis 12.
The American League 13.
A Star in Boston 14.
Feeling at Home 15.
A Championship Club 16.
The World Series 17.
Another Pennant 18.
Middle Age and Middling Play 19.
1907-1908 20.
The End of the Line 21.
The Farmer Comes Home 22.
Grand Tributes Chapter Notes Bibliography Index