Comeback pitchers : the remarkable careers of Howard Ehmke and Jack Quinn / Lyle Spatz and Steve Steinberg ; foreword by Pat Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spatz, Lyle, 1937- author.

Steinberg, Steve, author.

Contributor:

Williams, Pat, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ehmke, Howard, 1894-1959.

Ehmke, Howard.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 473 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2021]

Summary:

Comeback Pitchers is the story of two pitchers, Jack Quinn and Howard Ehmke, whose intertwining careers began in the Deadball Era and continued into the 1920s and 1930s..

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

List of Illustrations

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Prologue

1. Jack Quinn, Man of Mystery

2. From Town Ball to the Big Leagues

3. "I've Never Seen a Greater Pitcher Anywhere!"

4. Quinn Gets Sent Down and Brought Back Up

5. Howard Ehmke Hailed as Another Walter Johnson

6. Ehmke's Tumultuous Season Comes to an End

7. A Wasted Year for Howard Ehmke

8. Another Pitcher Joins the Outlaws

9. Breaking Records in Syracuse

10. "A Fellow to Be Reckoned With"

11. Ehmke and the Tigers Take a Step Backward

12. Quinn Goes to the Pacific Coast League

13. "The Dynamite That Finally Shattered Their Friendship"

14. Navy Service and a Return to Detroit

15. "The Greatest Comeback in Baseball"

16. "Not Content to Accept Fate's Decree"

17. Yankees Win a Championship but Quinn's Future in Doubt

18. "A Fellow of Gentle Soul"

19. Playing for Ty Cobb

20. Ehmke Endures a Season of Criticism

21. From the Pennant in New York to the Cellar in Boston

22. Veteran Aces on the League's Worst Team

23. Ehmke and Cobb Get Physical, and the Red Sox Get New Owners

24. "The Toughest Break a Pitcher Ever Had"

25. A New Beginning for Boston

26. Back to Reality for the Red Sox

27. A Team Going Nowhere

28. From the Cellar in Boston to a Pennant Race in Philadelphia

29. Another Baseball Obituary for Quinn and a Near Tragedy for Ehmke

30. Quinn Gets Off to a Strong Start, Ehmke to a Poor One

31. Ehmke and Quinn Reunited

32. Ehmke Again a Teammate of Cobb

33. Favorites Fall Short, Far Short

34. Chasing the "Greatest Team Ever"

35. A Torrid Pennant Race

36. A Fast Start for the A's

37. A Pennant for the A's at Last

38. "The Pitcher Who Was Left Behind May Soon Be the Hero".

39. Ehmke Sets World Series Record in "Surprise" Start

40. "I Am Sorry to Have to Let Ehmke Go"

41. Defending Champions

42. A New League, a New Role

43. An Extraordinary Career Comes to an End

44. A Full and Happy Retirement

45. A Sad and Bitter End

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About Lyle Spatz

About Steve Steinberg

About Pat Williams.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4962-2662-3

OCLC:

1237848763