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The 1917 White Sox

Their World Championship Season

By: Warren N. Wilbert,William C. Hageman

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The 1917 White Sox

Their World Championship Season

By: Warren N. Wilbert,William C. Hageman

The 1917 Chicago White Sox were rooted in frustration over eleventh hour pennant losses as far back as 1907 and 1908. Charles Comiskey, one of the founding fathers of the American League and a man who did not gladly suffer mediocrity and losing, had fumed for a decade until he finally put together a team that would take him back to the World Series and win it all. This work chronicles the team that did it, re-establishing the White Sox as one of the game's elite. It covers Comiskey's recruitment of quality players beginning in 1914 and continuing through the 1917 season; the players themselves, including Red Faber, Hap Felsch, Eddie Cicotte, Joe Jackson and Eddie Collins; the events of the extraordinary season on and off the field, including the three series that the White Sox had with the Boston Red Sox and the United States' involvement in World War I; and the team's victory over John McGraw's Giants in the World Series.

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McFarland

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078641622X

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9780786416226

The Arrival of the American League

Ban Johnson and the 1901 Challenge to National League Monopoly

By: Warren N. Wilbert

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The Arrival of the American League

Ban Johnson and the 1901 Challenge to National League Monopoly

By: Warren N. Wilbert

In 1901, Charles Comiskey and Ban Johnson launched a brazen challenge to the National League's supremacy. This book covers the American League's origins in the Western League, the decisions and planning that laid the groundwork for the American League, and in detail, the 1901 season that established the AL as a new major league.

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McFarland

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0786430133

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9780786430130

A Cunning Kind of Play

The Cubs-Giants Rivalry, 1876-1932

By: Warren N. Wilbert

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A Cunning Kind of Play

The Cubs-Giants Rivalry, 1876-1932

By: Warren N. Wilbert

The rivalry between the Chicago Cubs and the New York Giants--the National League's greatest teams in its early days--took hold with the founding of the league in 1876. Between the two bitter rivals there were nine first-second finishes, eight second-third finishes, and 30 out of a possible 65 championships in the league's first six decades. Their games often showcased match-ups between baseball's most talented and toughest players and often had playoff implications. This history of the rivalry begins coverage in 1876 (when the Cubs won the first NL championship) and goes through 1932 (when John McGraw stepped down as manager of the Giants). All of the many great personalities, player match-ups, streaks, and pennant races are included.

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McFarland

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0786411562

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9780786411566

Baseball's Iconic 1-0 Games

By: Warren N. Wilbert

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Baseball's Iconic 1-0 Games

By: Warren N. Wilbert

Although very few baseball games end with a final score of one to zero, and such a score line might suggest a contest devoid of drama, nothing could be further from the truth. Since the 1876 inaugural season of professional baseball, many 1-0 games have proved as compelling as those featuring a parade of pitchers and a plethora of home runs. In Baseball's Iconic 1-0 Games Warren Wilbert has chronicled the tensest 1-0 nail-biters that have occurred since baseball's first professional season. Organized thematically, Baseball's Iconic 1-0 Games starts by examining 1-0 games achieved on Opening Day, with the finest selected from the more than 50 that have occurred since 1876. Regular season games, in which less than three percent result in a 1-0 score, are then detailed, including those games pitched by such greats as John "Jocko" Flynn and Randy Johnson. Championship play, from the first inning of playoffs to the final out of the World Series, has its own share of 1-0 drama, and this, too, is covered extensively. These chapters are then followed by a look at the elusive perfect 1-0 game, of which only eight have been pitched since 1871--seven with a single pitcher. Pitching titans such as Walter Johnson, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Bert Blyleven, Christy Mathewson, Dean Chance, Ed Walsh, Guy White, and Cy Young have had more than their fair share of 1-0 victories, and an additional chapter examines these pitchers and their 1-0 games. Appendixes include a full list of pitchers to have thrown a no-hit 1-0 game, pitching greats who have amassed ten or more career 1-0 victories, and 1-0 games in both the Negro Leagues and the Japanese Major Leagues. Featuring more than 30 photographs, Baseball's Iconic 1-0 Games is sure to fascinate all baseball fans, players, and historians.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0810885786

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9780810885783

What Makes an Elite Pitcher?

Young, Mathewson, Johnson, Alexander, Grove, Spahn, Seaver, Clemens, and Maddux

By: Warren N. Wilbert

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What Makes an Elite Pitcher?

Young, Mathewson, Johnson, Alexander, Grove, Spahn, Seaver, Clemens, and Maddux

By: Warren N. Wilbert

Elite baseball pitchers are elite for a reason. They seem to have it all: a variety of pitches that no one can lay a bat to; cool heads and confidence in their "stuff" when they get in a jam; and the kind of dexterity that makes difficult plays seem easy. Is elite status revealed through statistics? Though the author of this book considers statistics of both the traditional and sabermetric sort, he argues that the greats are proved not by broad statistical comparison with all other pitchers, but by their record against one another. In a thoughtful discussion of the evidence of head-to-head matchups, he finds the nine pitchers who make up the true elite: Cy Young, Christy Mathewson, Walter Johnson, Grover Alexander, Lefty Grove, Warren Spahn, Tom Seaver, Roger Clemens, and Greg Maddux. For each pitcher the book provides biographical information, career highlights, and a list of the feats that put him in the record books.

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McFarland

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078648456X

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9780786484560

The Shutout in Major League Baseball

A History

By: Warren N. Wilbert

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The Shutout in Major League Baseball

A History

By: Warren N. Wilbert

The shutout--a game in which a team prevents its opponent from scoring--remains relatively rare. Of the roughly 200,000 regular season games that have been played since the origins of the major leagues, only about 10 percent have been shutouts. Gold Glove defense, astonishing pitching talent, and the combined efforts of a team working toward baseball artistry must all come together. This work covers every shutout from the beginning of professional baseball through the 2010 World Series, including no-hitters and perfect games. With in-depth statistics and play-by-play descriptions to bring to life the action on the field, it is the definitive history of one of baseball's premier achievements.

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215

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McFarland

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0786468513

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9780786468515

The Chicago Cubs

Seasons at the Summit

By: Warren N. Wilbert,William Hageman

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The Chicago Cubs

Seasons at the Summit

By: Warren N. Wilbert,William Hageman

Readers will enjoy reviewing the best seasons in Cubs history in Season at the Summit. The Chicago White Stockings, later to become Wrigleyville's loveable Cubbies, were charter members of the National League, and the only franchise that has operated continuously in the same city between the first game played on April 1876 and today. During that time, over 1,750 ballplayers have pulled on Cub uniforms, and out of that number, co-authors Warren Wilbert and William Hageman have chosen the players who have put together individual seasons of such magnificent that they have merited a top-50 billing.

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Sports Publishing LLC

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1571671102

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9781571671103

Book's by Warren N. Wilbert

The 1917 White Sox

The 1917 White Sox

The Arrival of the American League

The Arrival of the American League

A Cunning Kind of Play

A Cunning Kind of Play

Baseball's Iconic 1-0 Games

Baseball's Iconic 1-0 Games

What Makes an Elite Pitcher?

What Makes an Elite Pitcher?

The Shutout in Major League Baseball

The Shutout in Major League Baseball

The Chicago Cubs

The Chicago Cubs

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