Overview

Although Andrew ""Rube"" Foster (1879-1930) stands among the best African American pitchers of the 1900s, this baseball pioneer made his name as the founder and president of the Negro National League, the first all-black league to survive a full season. In addition to founding this groundbreaking black-owned and -operated business, Foster also founded and managed the Chicago American Giants, one of the most successful black baseball teams of the pre-integration era. This definitive biography combines period editorials and correspondence with insightful narrative to provide a comprehensive portrait of this innovative Hall of Famer. From the unstructured early days of black baseball, when Foster gained glory as a hard-throwing pitcher, through his struggles to establish the NNL and the Giants, to his tragic death from complications of syphilis, this work pays overdue tribute to an authentic American baseball icon.

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Author:   Larry Lester
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.472kg
ISBN:  

9780786439270

ISBN 10:   0786439270
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   14 September 2012
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by former commissioner Fay Vincent Preface Introduction 1st Inning. The Early Pro Days, 1903–1906 2nd Inning. A New Beginning: The Leland Giants, 1907–1909 3rd Inning. Legalities and Realities: Now There Are Two Lelands in Town? 1909–1910 4th Inning. Strive to Survive: The American Giants, 1911–1914 5th Inning. Family Feud: The ABC’s and the American Giants, 1915–1916 6th Inning. The Pitfalls of Black Baseball, 1917–1919 7th Inning. The Navigator: We Are the Ship, All Else the Sea, 1920–1921 8th Inning. Black and White Arbitration in the new Colored Leagues, 1922–1925 9th Inning. The Vision Fades, 1926–1930 Extra Innings. Obituaries, Honors, Landmarks and Tributes, 1930 APPENDICES A: ­No-­Hitters by Rube Foster B: Team Depth Charts, 1902 to 1918 C: Foster’s Daily Pitching and Batting Records D: Foster as Manager E: Foster’s Teammates in the Hall of Fame F: Foster Baseball Collectibles G: Death Certificate and Medical Analysis H: Draft Card and 1880 Census I: Court Documents from the Leland Lawsuit Notes Bibliography Index

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-This definitive biography combines period editorials and correspondence with insightful narrative to provide a comprehensive portrait of this innovative Hall of Famer...pays overdue tribute to an authentic American baseball icon---The Courier; -in this work, Larry Lester goes beyond what many researchers could expect to find in gleaning the information necessary for this exceptionally well-documented look at the black game's early years...while Lester tells the story well, it is the research accompanying the narrative that stands out...outstanding...fascinating...recommend---SABR Deadball Committee Newsletter. This definitive biography combines period editorials and correspondence with insightful narrative to provide a comprehensive portrait of this innovative Hall of Famer...pays overdue tribute to an authentic American baseball icon --The Courier; in this work, Larry Lester goes beyond what many researchers could expect to find in gleaning the information necessary for this exceptionally well-documented look at the black game's early years...while Lester tells the story well, it is the research accompanying the narrative that stands out...outstanding...fascinating...recommend --SABR Deadball Committee Newsletter.

This definitive biography combines period editorials and correspondence with insightful narrative to provide a comprehensive portrait of this innovative Hall of Famer...pays overdue tribute to an authentic American baseball icon --<i>The Courier</i>; in this work, Larry Lester goes beyond what many researchers could expect to find in gleaning the information necessary for this exceptionally well-documented look at the black game's early years...while Lester tells the story well, it is the research accompanying the narrative that stands out...outstanding...fascinating...recommend --<i>SABR Deadball Committee Newsletter</i>.

This definitive biography combines period editorials and correspondence with insightful narrative to provide a comprehensive portrait of this innovative Hall of Famer...pays overdue tribute to an authentic American baseball icon --The Courier; in this work, Larry Lester goes beyond what many researchers could expect to find in gleaning the information necessary for this exceptionally well-documented look at the black game's early years...while Lester tells the story well, it is the research accompanying the narrative that stands out...outstanding...fascinating...recommend --SABR Deadball Committee Newsletter.

Author Information

Noted Negro League historian Larry Lester is the author of eight books and contributor to more then 175 books, theses, and articles on black sports history. He is a Negro Leagues Baseball Museum co-founder and has long served as chairman of the SABR Negro Leagues Committee. Since 1998, he has organized the annual Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference, the only scholarly gathering devoted to the history of black baseball. Lester was a 2016 recipient of SABR’s Henry Chadwick Award, honoring baseball’s greatest researchers, and a year later received the Bob Davids Award, SABR’s highest honor. He lives in Kansas City, Missouri.

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