Willie Keeler (eBook)

From the Playgrounds of Brooklyn to the Hall of Fame

Lyle Spatz (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2015
374 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-4654-6 (ISBN)

Infos

In addition to being one of baseball’s most accomplished batters, Willie Keeler was an integral part of two memorable teams: the Baltimore Orioles and the Brooklyn Superbas. This is the first biography of Keeler, the most prominent member of the first American League team in New York.

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Playing in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Willie Keeler is still considered one of baseball's most accomplished batters in the history of the game. Wee Willie's popular ';Hit ';em where they ain't' explanation for his batting success has become part of baseball lore. He is known for his quick-thinking at the plate and for his record-setting forty-four-game hitting streak in 1897 that was not surpassed until Joe DiMaggio broke the record in 1941. In addition to being one of baseball's most accomplished hitters, Keeler was an integral part of two memorable teamsthe Baltimore Orioles of 1894-1897 and the Brooklyn Superbas of 1899-1900. Willie Keeler: From the Playgrounds of Brooklyn to the Hall of Fame recounts the life of this talented yet often overlooked ballplayer. It follows Keeler from his birth in 1872 in Brooklyn to his death in 1923. His unique story includes a career that was almost evenly split between the rough and ';dirty' National League of the 1890s and the new, more disciplined American League of the early twentieth century. Each part of this book examines a key stage of Keeler's life and career: his childhood and teenage years; his career with the Baltimore Orioles; his years with the Brooklyn Superbas; his time with the New York Yankees; and his life after baseball.Featuring several rare photographs, many of which have not been seen in more than a hundred years, Willie Keeler provides an in-depth look into the life of an undersized ballplayer who forged a big career. Baseball fans, scholars, and historians alike will find this book both informative and entertaining.

Autor

Lyle Spatz is the chairman of the Society for American Baseball Research’s Baseball Records Committee. He is the author of numerous baseball books, including Dixie Walker: A Life in Baseball (2011) and Historical Dictionary of Baseball (2012), and coauthor of 1921: The Yankees, the Giants, and the Battle for Baseball Supremacy in New York (2012). Spatz’s baseball articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Total Baseball, Baseball Digest, The Baseball Research Journal, and more. In 2000 he was presented with SABR’s most prestigious honor, the L. Robert Davids Award.

Inhalt

AcknowledgmentsList of PhotographsIntroductionPart One: Early Life1. Willie Keeler in American Culture2. A Brooklyn Boyhood3. Reaching the Big LeaguePart Two: The Baltimore Orioles4. A Dynasty Begins to Take Shape5. It’s a Whole New Game They’re Playing6. The Game of the Nineties Was Just Ugly7. And Now We Have the Best Baseball Club8. Another Pennant Won, Another Temple Cup Lost9. A Clean Sweep10. The Streak11. Good vs. Evil12. The Most Valuable Player in the Profession13. Baltimore Had a Good Team and a Lousy MarketPart Three: The Brooklyn Superbas14. Hanlon’s Superbas15. The League Shrinks, but Brooklyn Remains on Top16. Winning the Chronicle Cup17. Keep Your Eye Clear and Hit ‘em Where They Ain’t18. Will Willie Stay or Will Willie Go19. I Am in Baseball for All I Can Get Out Of It Part Four: The New York Yankees20. Crossing the Brooklyn Bridge21. A Disappointing First Season in New York 22. The Yankees Pursue Their First Pennant23. The Wild Pitch24. The Yankees Struggle through an Injury-Marred Season25. Willie Keeler and Ty Cobb26. Keeler Has His Last Good Season27. A Last Hurrah in Baltimore28. Willie Keeler’s Work Has Been Unsatisfactory29. Boys, I Guess My Time Has ComePart Five: Life after Baseball30. Keeler’s Playing Career Comes to an End31. We’re Not All Lucky32. The World Might Have Used Him BetterNotesBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.2.2015
• Zusatzinfo: 32 Illustrations including: - 32 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-4654-5 / 1442246545
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-4654-6 / 9781442246546