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Pud Galvin : baseball's first 300-game winner / Brian Martin.
Van Pelt Library GV865.G258 M37 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martin, Brian, 1950- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Galvin, Pud, 1856-1902.
- Galvin, Pud.
- Pitchers (Baseball)--United States--Biography.
- Pitchers (Baseball).
- United States.
- Baseball players--United States--Biography.
- Baseball players.
- Baseball--United States--History.
- Baseball.
- History.
- Doping in sports.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 244 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
- Summary:
- "Despite his outstanding pitching record, James Francis "Pud" Galvin (1856-1902) was largely forgotten after his premature death. This book offers the first comprehensive telling of Galvin's story, covering his complete record and his use of a testosterone-based concoction-with eye-popping results-which earned him criticism as a pioneer of performance enhancing drugs"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 Of Cheats and Juicers 7
- 2 The Kid from the Kerry Patch 18
- 3 Making His Mark in a Changing World 30
- 4 Introduction to the Big Time 42
- 5 Playing Through Adversity 53
- 6 Joining the Show in Buffalo 66
- 7 A Star Emerges 82
- 8 1881-1882: Prelude to Perfection 94
- 9 Glory Days 107
- 10 The Little Steam Engine Changes Gears 121
- 11 Back in the Smoky City 134
- 12 Making History Amid the Gloom 146
- 13 Turning Back the Clock 160
- 14 "The action... was piratical." 179
- 15 Final Innings 192.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786499779
- 078649977X
- OCLC:
- 929123566
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