Cy Young : a baseball life / Reed Browning.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Browning, Reed.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Young, Cy, 1867-1955.

Young, Cy.

Baseball players--United States--Biography.

Baseball players.

United States.

Pitchers (Baseball)--United States--Biography.

Pitchers (Baseball).

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 283 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2000]

Summary:

Browning recreates the life of Denton True "Cylone" Young and places his story in the context of a rapidly changing turn-of-the-century America. This in-depth study tells of a career that spanned a long period in baseball history, one in which the game was transformed several times. 24 illustrations.

Contents:

1. 1867-1890: Life before Glory 1

2. 1890-1892: The Cyclone Blows into Town 11

3. The Birth of the Modern Pitching Regime 31

4. 1893-1895: Success at Sixty and Six 39

5. 1896-1898: A Durable Man 59

6. 1899-1900: St. Louis Blues 75

7. Snapshot of a Private Man 93

8. 1901-1902: The Toast of Boston 103

9. The Triumph of Bifederal Baseball 119

10. 1903-1904: The King of Pitchers 125

11. The Foundations of Success 150

12. 1905-1908: Old Cy Young 162

13. True Nobility 178

14. 1909-1911: Recessional 184

15. 1912-1955: Life after Glory 195

Appendix 1 Cy Young's Salary History 217

Appendix 2 Cy Young's Greatest Games 222

Appendix 3 511 Wins? 226.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1558492623

OCLC:

42953184