The exemplar of the major league slugging shortstop before either Honus Wagner or Lou Boudreau, Ed McKean spent a dozen seasons as a high-profile contributor to the Cleveland Spiders, leading his team to three playoff berths and the 1895 Temple Cup championship. He played in no fewer than four of the Society for American Baseball Research's "100 greatest games of the 19th century." This first McKean biography returns the charismatic Irishman to the spotlight, recounting his efforts to reimagine himself as one of Cleveland's original sports heroes, his struggle to win a significant place in fin…mehr
The exemplar of the major league slugging shortstop before either Honus Wagner or Lou Boudreau, Ed McKean spent a dozen seasons as a high-profile contributor to the Cleveland Spiders, leading his team to three playoff berths and the 1895 Temple Cup championship. He played in no fewer than four of the Society for American Baseball Research's "100 greatest games of the 19th century." This first McKean biography returns the charismatic Irishman to the spotlight, recounting his efforts to reimagine himself as one of Cleveland's original sports heroes, his struggle to win a significant place in fin de siecle America, and his leading role in the Emerald Age of baseball. Appendices provide his major league career batting record, his year-by-year offensive rankings, and even lines from a poem attributed to him.
Rich Blevins is professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, and a member of the Society for American Baseball Research.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments ix Preface: Before Boudreau, or Why McKean Matters 1 Prelude: October 11, 1895, 187 Superior Avenue, Cleveland 7 One. The Fields of Ohio (1884) 19 Two. The Best Shortstop in the International League (1885-1886) 38 1895 Temple Cup: October 1, Cleveland 56 Three. The Invention of the Slugging Shortstop (1887-1888) 71 Four. Ed McKean and the Players' Revolt (1889-1890) 88 1895 Temple Cup: October 2, Game One 111 Five. The Spiders Make a "World's Series" (1891-1892) 119 Six. Patsy's Hibernian Spiders (1893-1894) 144 1895 Temple Cup: October 3 and 5, Games Two and Three 166 Seven. Temple Cup Champs (1895-1896 seasons) 172 Eight. Home on the Road (1897-1899) 200 1895 Temple Cup: October 7, Game Four 232 Nine. The Hero of Rochester Revisited (seasons of 1902, 1905-1906) 238 Ten. A Pennant for Springfield (1907-1908 seasons) 265 1895 Temple Cup: October 8, Final Game 293 Appendix A: Ed McKean's Major League Career Batting Record 299 Appendix B: Ed McKean's Year-by-Year Offensive Rankings 300 Appendix C: Lines from a Poem Attributed by Elmer Bates to Ed McKean 305 Chapter Notes 307 Bibliography 325 Index 331
Table of Contents Acknowledgments ix Preface: Before Boudreau, or Why McKean Matters 1 Prelude: October 11, 1895, 187 Superior Avenue, Cleveland 7 One. The Fields of Ohio (1884) 19 Two. The Best Shortstop in the International League (1885-1886) 38 1895 Temple Cup: October 1, Cleveland 56 Three. The Invention of the Slugging Shortstop (1887-1888) 71 Four. Ed McKean and the Players' Revolt (1889-1890) 88 1895 Temple Cup: October 2, Game One 111 Five. The Spiders Make a "World's Series" (1891-1892) 119 Six. Patsy's Hibernian Spiders (1893-1894) 144 1895 Temple Cup: October 3 and 5, Games Two and Three 166 Seven. Temple Cup Champs (1895-1896 seasons) 172 Eight. Home on the Road (1897-1899) 200 1895 Temple Cup: October 7, Game Four 232 Nine. The Hero of Rochester Revisited (seasons of 1902, 1905-1906) 238 Ten. A Pennant for Springfield (1907-1908 seasons) 265 1895 Temple Cup: October 8, Final Game 293 Appendix A: Ed McKean's Major League Career Batting Record 299 Appendix B: Ed McKean's Year-by-Year Offensive Rankings 300 Appendix C: Lines from a Poem Attributed by Elmer Bates to Ed McKean 305 Chapter Notes 307 Bibliography 325 Index 331
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