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... Richard M. Cohen, Roland T. Johnson, and David S. Neft, eds. Scrapbook History of Baseball (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1975). Devine, Bing, with Tom Wheatley. Memoirs of Bing Devine: Stealing Lou Brock and Other Winning Moves by a ...
Discusses the personal life and baseball career of the famous Yankee first baseman, Lou Gehrig.
Runs Allowed : 551 ( 1 st ) Here's where the A's really shone . The Orioles , Oakland's eventual opponent in the ALCS , finished second in this category , and they allowed 612 runs . Pythagorean Record : 97-65 Manager : Alvin Dark Dick ...
Greenberg was the highest salaried player in baseball at $85,000 per annum.10 Jackie Robinson was the African-American Brooklyn Dodger rookie making his Pittsburgh debut in the three-game series at Forbes Field beginning on Thursday, ...
Rich full-color and black-and-white photographs highlight the third book in The Sporting News Selects series--ranking the great players, the great games, and the greatest moments in the history of baseball.
Talkin' Baseball: An Oral History of Baseball in the ¡970s. New York: ... Only the Ball Was White: A History of Legendary Black Players and All-Black Professional Teams. ... The Sporting News Selects Baseball's 25 Greatest Teams.
The Cardinals' Rogers Hornsby hit .370 and also led the league in doubles, onbase percentage, total bases and slugging percentage. He also shared the record for most RBIs with “Highpockets” Kelly. The official MVP award didn't come ...
They jumped on Roger Craig for two runs in the first on an RBI-single by Ted Kluszewski and a sacrifice fly by Sherman Lollar. Then the roof caved in on Craig in the third as 11 White Sox batters came to the plate in an offensive orgy.
From its exclusive archives, The Sporting News recreates a century of baseball’s moderan era, from 1901 through 2000. Baseball is a look at baseball history and how The Sporting News-–the...