Dennis Snelling

The Greatest Minor League

A History of the Pacific Coast League, 1903-1957

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In 1903, a small league in California defied Organized Baseball by adding teams in Portland and Seattle to become the strongest minor league of the twentieth century. Calling itself the Pacific Coast League, this outlaw association frequently outdrew its major league counterparts and continued to challenge the authority of Organized Baseball until the majors expanded into California in 1958. The Pacific Coast League introduced the world to Joe, Vince and Dom DiMaggio, Paul and Lloyd Waner, Ted Williams, Tony Lazzeri, Lefty O'Doul, Mickey Cochrane, Bobby Doerr, and many other baseball stars, all of whom originally signed with PCL teams. This thorough history of the Pacific Coast League chronicles its foremost personalities, governance, and contentious relationship with the majors, proving that the history of the game involves far more than the happenings in the American and National leagues.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 382
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 717g
• ISBN-13: 9781476678276
• ISBN-10: 1476678278
• Artikelnr.: 54611763

Autorenporträt

Dennis Snelling is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and the Pacific Coast League Historical Society. He is a three-time finalist for the Casey Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year, including for The Greatest Minor League. He lives in Rocklin, California. (Visit www.dennissnelling.com.)

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Preface     
1. Before the PCL: From the Gold Rush to 1900     
2. 1901 to 1905: The Pacific Coast League Is Born     
3. 1906 to 1909: Things Get Shaken Up     
4. 1910 to 1914: The McCredie Era     
5. 1915 to 1916: An Oasis in the Desert     
6. 1917 to 1919: A Southern California Rivalry     
7. 1920 to 1921: Lying Tigers and Bees, Oh My!     
8. 1922 to 1924: The Battle of Avalon     
9. 1925 to 1928: Murder, Mayhem and Manslaughter, Inc.     
10. 1929 to 1932: Let There Be Lights!     
11. 1933 to 1935: Joltin' Joe DiMaggio     
12. 1936 to 1937: Bill Lane Leaves Hollywood and Finds a Star     
13. 1938 to 1941: A New Wizard for the Emerald City     
14. 1942 to 1945: Gashouse Baseball and the Miracle of '42     
15. 1946 to 1948: Lefty, Casey and the Nine Old Men     
16. 1949 to 1951: The Golden Boy and the Natural     
17. 1952 to 1954: Hooray for Hollywood     
18. 1955 to 1957: Stout Steve and the PCL's Last Great Team     
19. Endings and Beginnings     
Appendix     
League Champions; Highest Batting Average, Season; Most Home Runs, Season;
Most Home Runs, Career; Most RBIs, Season; Longest Hitting Streaks; Most
Wins, Pitcher, Season;
Most Wins, Pitcher, Career; No- Hitters; Unassisted Triple Plays; Most
Wins, Manager, Career;
Replaced Managers; Spring Training Sites
Chapter Notes     
Sources and Bibliography     
Index