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The exemplar of the major league slugging shortstop before either Honus Wagner or Lou Boudreau, Ed McKean spent a dozen seasons as a high-profile contributor to the Cleveland Spiders, leading his team to three playoff berths and the 1895 Temple Cup championship. He played in no fewer than four of the Society for American Baseball Research's ""100 greatest games of the 19th century."" This first McKean biography returns the charismatic Irishman to the spotlight, recounting his efforts to reimagine himself as one of Cleveland's original sports heroes, his struggle to win a significant place in fin de siecle America, and his leading role in the Emerald Age of baseball. Appendices provide his major league career batting record, his year-by-year offensive rankings, and even lines from a poem attributed to him.

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Author:   Rich Blevins
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.467kg
ISBN:  

9780786473342

ISBN 10:   0786473347
Pages:   356
Publication Date:   16 July 2014
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  ix Preface: Before Boudreau, or Why McKean Matters  1 Prelude: October 11, 1895, 187 Superior Avenue, Cleveland  7 One. The Fields of Ohio (1884)  19 Two. The Best Shortstop in the International League (1885–1886)  38 1895 Temple Cup: October 1, Cleveland  56 Three. The Invention of the Slugging Shortstop (1887–1888)  71 Four. Ed McKean and the Players’ Revolt (1889–1890)  88 1895 Temple Cup: October 2, Game One  111 Five. The Spiders Make a “World’s Series” (1891–1892)  119 Six. Patsy’s Hibernian Spiders (1893–1894)  144 1895 Temple Cup: October 3 and 5, Games Two and Three  166 Seven. Temple Cup Champs (1895–1896 seasons)  172 Eight. Home on the Road (1897–1899)  200 1895 Temple Cup: October 7, Game Four  232 Nine. The Hero of Rochester Revisited (seasons of 1902, 1905–1906)  238 Ten. A Pennant for Springfield (1907–1908 seasons)  265 1895 Temple Cup: October 8, Final Game  293 Appendix A: Ed McKean’s Major League Career Batting Record  299 Appendix B: Ed McKean’s ­Year-by-Year Offensive Rankings  300 Appendix C: Lines from a Poem Attributed by Elmer Bates to Ed McKean  305 Chapter Notes  307 Bibliography  325 Index  331

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Rich Blevins is professor emeritus of English at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, and a member of the Society for American Baseball Research.

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