Roy Kerr

Roger Connor

Home Run King of 19th Century Baseball

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Produktbeschreibung

"'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) stood as the major league record nearly 24 years--until broken by Ruth. This biography sheds new light on the life and career of one of the games most beloved players"--Provided by publishe

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 355g
• ISBN-13: 9780786459582
• ISBN-10: 0786459581
• Artikelnr.: 31587985

Autorenporträt

Roy Kerr, a retired professor of Spanish and a member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), lives in Lakeland, Florida.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Preface     
Prologue: September 11, 1886     
1. The Manchild     
2. The Apprentice     
3. The Veteran     
4. The Brotherhood Rebel     
5. The Journeyman     
6. The Squire of Waterbury     
7. The Forgotten Star     
8. The Past Recaptured     
Epilogue: The Giants of New York     
Appendix A: Connor's Nicknames     
Appendix B: Connor's Major and Minor League Statistics     
Notes     
Bibliography     
Index