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Hardball on the home front : major league replacement players of World War II / Craig Allen Cleve.
Van Pelt Library GV865.A1 C48 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cleve, Craig Allen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baseball players--United States--Biography.
- Baseball players.
- United States.
- Baseball--United States--History--20th century.
- Baseball.
- History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 203 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2004]
- Summary:
- More than 5000 major and minor league ballplayers left the baseball diamond to serve in World War II, but President Roosevelt insisted that baseball go on to boost the country's morale. More than 400 replacement players made their major league debuts between 1943 and 1945, among them Sal Maglie, Andy Pafko, Red Schoendienst and Stan Musial. The true story of wartime baseball rests mostly with the players who careers were not so well remembered. The author highlights nine-Frank Mancuso, Ford Mullen, Ed Carnett, Lee Pfund, George Hausmann, Cy Buker, Bill Lefebvre, Eddie Basinski, and Nick Strincevich-who share their memories of being called up to play in the majors, and their feelings about providing relief to thousands of Americans during the war years.
- Contents:
- Frank Mancuso
- Ford Mullen
- Ed Carnett
- Lee Pfund
- George Hausmann
- Cy Buker
- Bill Lefebvre
- Eddie Basinski
- Nick Strincevich
- More wartime players.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-193) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0786418974
- OCLC:
- 56103748
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