Baseball's Great Hispanic Pitchers

Seventeen Aces from the Major, Negro and Latin American Leagues

Lou Hernández (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

316 Seiten

2014
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-7975-7 (ISBN)

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Baseball has had many outstanding Latin American pitchers since the early 20th century. This book profiles the greatest Hispanic hurlers to toe the rubber from the mounds of the major leagues, winter leagues and Negro leagues. The careers of the top major league pitchers to come from Central and South America and the Caribbean are examined in decade-by-decade portrayals, culminating with an all-time ranking by the author. The grand exploits of these athletes backdrop the evolving pitching eras of the game, from the macho, complete-game period that existed for the majority of the last century to the financially-driven, pitch-count sensitive culture that dominates baseball thinking today.

Lou Hernández is the author of several baseball histories and biographies. He resides in South Florida.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

Part I: Outside the Major Leagues

1. The Negro Leagues: Ramón Bragaña, Martín Dihigo

2. The Latin American Leagues: Ramón Arano, Rubén Gómez, Orlando Hernández, Juan Pizarro

Part II: The Major Leagues

3. The 1920s and 1930s—Adolfo Luque

4. The 1950s—Camilo Pascual

5. The 1960s—Juan Marichal, Luis Tiant

6. The 1970s—Mike Cuéllar, Dennis Martínez

7. The 1980s—Fernando Valenzuela

8. The 1990s—Pedro Martínez

9. The 2000s and 2010s—Mariano Rivera, Johan Santana, Félix Hernández

Appendix: Rankings for the All-Time Great Hispanic Pitchers

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.3.2015
Zusatzinfo	35 photos, appendix, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	544 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-7864-7975-2 / 0786479752
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-7975-7 / 9780786479757
Zustand	Neuware