Overview

The Waner brothers, Paul and Lloyd--also known as ""Big Poison"" and ""Little Poison""--played together for fourteen seasons in the same Pittsburgh outfield in the 1920s and 1930s. More than half a century after retiring, they still rank as the best-hitting brothers in major league history with a combined 5,611 hits--517 more than the three Alou brothers, 758 more than the three DiMaggio brothers, and 1,400 more than the five Delahanty brothers. And both Waners are in the Hall of Fame, the only playing brothers so honored. This work tells the story of the Waner brothers from their early lives in Oklahoma through their playing days, which included a World Series against the legendary 1927 New York Yankees. It is also the story of two American eras: the Roaring Twenties and the Depression years. Both put up impressive numbers individually: Paul amassed 3,152 hits, and his .333 lifetime average ranks among the highest ever in the game. Lloyd, a lifetime .316 hitter, collected 2,459 hits, and had it not been for health problems, he might have cleared the 3,000 hit milestone as well. Together, they were baseball heroes.

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Author:   Clifton Blue Parker
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.435kg
ISBN:  

9780786414000

ISBN 10:   0786414006
Pages:   334
Publication Date:   23 December 2002
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments     Introduction     1 Corncob Balls and Branch Bats     2 Go West, Young Seal     3 Smoky City Blues     4 Roaring Baseball     5 Big and Little Poison     6 Appalachian Stomp     7 Rough Seas for the Pirate Ship     8 The Cruel Business     9 The Exploding Universe     10 The Return of the Dead Ball     11 Pennant Hopes and Misadventures     12 The Curiosity of the League     13 Celebrating the Common Man     14 The Bambino’s Last Hurrah     15 Hoisting the Black Flag     16 The Last Great One     17 Shadow Ball and the Gloamin'     18 Requiem for a Lost Season     19 Go Gently Into the Night     20 Farewell Steel City     21 A Hallowed Hitsmith     22 Wearying War Years     23 End of Encores     24 The Professor of Batting     25 Little Poison Goes Home     26 Without My Spikes     27 From Corncobs to Cooperstown     Appendix: Career Statistics     Sources     Index    

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"""one of the better crafted baseball bios I have read...an extremely well-written and researched biography""--The Diamond Angle."

one of the better crafted baseball bios I have read...an extremely well-written and researched biography --The Diamond Angle.

one of the better crafted baseball bios I have read...an extremely well-written and researched biography --<i>The Diamond Angle.</i>

Author Information

Clifton Blue Parker is a magazine editor at the University of California, Davis, and a former newspaper journalist and Congressional press secretary. A member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), he lives in Davis, California.

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