Overview

Winner, 1997 Seymour Medal for Best Biography--Society for American Baseball Research. Regarded by many of his contemporaries as the greatest baseball player of all time, John Peter ""Honus"" Wagner enjoyed a remarkable career with the Pittsburgh Pirates. His record of 17 consecutive .300-plus seasons is a mark that will probably never be broken. He led the National League eight times in hitting, six times in slugging percentage and five times in stolen bases. Known as the Flying Dutchman, he also excelled in the field, defining the shortstop position for a generation. Though one of the original inductees in the Baseball Hall of Fame, he has often been overlooked by baseball fans and historians. A humble man whose biggest passions were hunting and fishing, the Pirate shortstop lacked the flamboyance of a Ty Cobb or Babe Ruth. He rarely smoked or drank, though sometimes he indulged in a sandlot game with the neighborhood kids. Based on contemporary newspaper accounts, family scrapbooks and correspondence, and Wagner's own vestpocket notebooks, this is the story of baseball's first superstar.

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Author:   Arthur D. Hittner
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780786418114

ISBN 10:   0786418117
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   16 October 2003
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Tables of Contents Acknowledgments Preface 1. Ham and Eggs 2. “As Good a Home as Any Boy in Carnegie” 3. “Tear Down the Grand Stand” 4. Swamp Grass and Homesickness 5. “Hail Hero Hannes” 6. Louisville Slugger 7. “The Mayor of the Bleachers” 8. The Homecoming 9. “Pennant Comes to Pittsburgh” Between pages 98 and 99 are 16 pages of plates containing 18 photographs 10. The Gumshoe Caper 11. “Hercules of the Diamond” 12. “Amplitudinous and Triangular” 13. “Hey Barney!” 14. A Hundred Wives 15. The Gasoline Wagon 16. “Every Dog Has His Day” 17. Clash of the Titans 18. “The Fallen Idol” 19. A Man's Best Friend 20. “He Can’t Do More Than Three Men’s Work” 21. “Bandages and Braces” 22. The Fish Commissioner 23. Have Mercy on the Criminal 24. Bigfoot 25. The Last Hurrah 26. Nursing Nickels 27. Stories You Could Tell Your Mother 28. “The Greatest of Them All” Appendix A: Wagner’s Lifetime Batting Record Appendix B: Wagner’s Major League Fielding Record Appendix C: Wagner’s Major League Pitching Record Appendix D: Wagner’s Major League Managing Record Notes Bibliography Index

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a full-length examination of the greatest player in the National League during the first half-century of its existence --<i>Choice</i>; a fabulous job...interesting --<i>SABR Deadball Committee Newsletter</i>; excellent...superior...a must-read...outstanding --<i>HaroldSeymour.com</i>; recommended --<i>Library Journal</i>; exhaustive --<i>USA Today Sports Weekly</i>; scholarly --<i>Spitball</i>; exhaustively researched, thoroughly detailed --<i>Baseball America.</i>

Author Information

Arthur D. Hittner is a retired attorney in the Boston office of Nixon Peabody LLP. He is a longtime member of SABR and a former co-owner of the Lowell Spinners, a minor league affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. He lives in Natick, Massachusetts.

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