Joe Cronin :: a life in baseball /

From the sandlots of San Francisco to the power centers of the game, this book tells the story of Joe Cronin, one of twentieth-century baseball's major players, both on the field and off. For most of his playing career, Cronin (190684) was the best shortstop in baseball. He was elected to the H...

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1. Verfasser: Armour, Mark L.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2010.
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Zusammenfassung:From the sandlots of San Francisco to the power centers of the game, this book tells the story of Joe Cronin, one of twentieth-century baseball's major players, both on the field and off. For most of his playing career, Cronin (190684) was the best shortstop in baseball. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1956. A manager by the age of twenty-six and general manager at forty-one, Cronin was the youngest player-manager ever to play in the World Series, and he managed the Red Sox longer than any other man in history. As president of the American League, he oversaw two expansions, four franchi.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 382 pages, 35 pages of plates) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-364) and index.
ISBN:9780803229969
0803229968
9780803269569
0803269560