The Detroit Tigers : club and community, 1945-1995 / Patrick J. Harrigan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harrigan, Patrick J. (Patrick Joseph), 1941- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Detroit Tigers (Baseball team)--History.

Detroit Tigers (Baseball team).

Baseball--Michigan--Detroit--History.

Baseball.

Michigan--Detroit.

Genre:

History.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (448 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 1997.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The Detroit Tigers is the most complete view of the finances of any sports organization yet published. It also illustrates baseball's human dimension. Harrigan has conducted more than a hundred interviews with former players, their wives, team executives, media personalities, sports writers, and politicians and uncovered many previously unused sources to give us a vivid portrayal of a sport and its far-reaching influence.

This study of the Detroit Tigers over a half-century demonstrates how baseball has reflected the fortunes of America's postwar urban society. Patrick Harrigan shows that the declining fortunes of this franchise have been inextricably linked with those of its city and surrounding community. Attention is paid to major on-field exploits, but the focus is on the development of the ball club as a corporate enterprise and its symbiotic relationship with metropolitan Detroit.

Contents:

1. Baseball in Postwar American Society

2. The Briggs Era of Detroit Baseball

3. Transitions and Adaptation of the Detroit Baseball Club in the 1950s

4. Community Problems and a World Championship

5. The Players

6. The Era of Personalities, 1969-1977

7. Free Agency and Big Money for Baseball, 1977-1983

8. The Golden Age of Detroit Baseball

9. A Franchise in Decline

10. The Stadium as Symbol

Epilogue: The 1994 Strike and Its Aftermath.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-281-99750-1

9786611997502

1-4426-8110-1

OCLC:

979579511