Robert P. Broadwater

Lefty Grove and the 1931 Philadelphia Athletics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book chronicles the history of the Philadelphia Athletics, the first real dynasty in Major League Baseball. The focus of the book is the 1931 season, in which Philadelphia, led by superstar pitcher Lefty Grove, had the best season in franchise history, leading to a third consecutive trip to the World Series. With a roster full of future Hall of Fame players--like Al Simmons, Mickey Cochrane, Jimmie Foxx and Connie Mack--the Athletics were one of the best baseball teams of all time, and the 1931 season served as the apex of their success, as the financial restrictions of the Great Depression caused the owners to break up the team.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 287g
• ISBN-13: 9780786475667
• ISBN-10: 0786475668
• Artikelnr.: 40076526

Autorenporträt

The late Robert P. Broadwater wrote more than 35 books of military history and more than 100 magazine articles dealing with the American Civil War and the Revolutionary War. He lived in Pennsylvania.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments
vi Preface
1 Introduction
5 One.
The Building of a Dynasty
9 Two.
Another Run at Greatness
27 Three.
A Spring of Promise
48 Four.
Seventeen Games in a Row
61 Five.
The Boys of Summer
70 Six.
Dog Days and Another Winning Streak
92 Seven.
The Drive to a Third Pennant
118 Eight.
Facing the Cardinals Again
134 Nine.
End of an Era
148 Epilogue
159 Appendix 1: Athletics 1931 Team and Individual Statistics
167 Appendix 2: Hall of Fame Players from the Golden Era (1925-1941)
171 Chapter Notes
175 Bibliography
179 Index
181