Lefty and Tim : how Steve Carlton and Tim McCarver became baseball's best battery / William C. Kashatus ; foreword by Larry Christenson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kashatus, William C., 1959- author.

Contributor:

Christenson, Larry, writer of supplementary textual content.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball--United States--History--20th century.

Baseball.

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

Pitchers (Baseball).

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

Catchers (Baseball).

St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team)--History--20th century.

St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team).

Philadelphia Phillies (Baseball team)--History--20th century.

Philadelphia Phillies (Baseball team).

McCarver, Tim.

Carlton, Steve, 1944-.

Carlton, Steve.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (370 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]

Summary:

Lefty and Tim explores the close-knit relationship between pitcher Steve Carlton and catcher Tim McCarver, forged in 1965, when they were batterymates with the St. Louis Cardinals, and culminating in 1980, when the Phillies won their first World Series title.

Contents:

List of illustrations

Foreword by Larry Christenson

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Always a catcher

Odd couple

Learning curve

Moneyball

Reunited

Drinking coffee with a fork

Sphinx of the Schuylkill

McCarver's pitch

Lefty

Closer than sixty feet, six inches

Mastery and mystery

Cooperstown bound

Appendix A: baseball's best battery

Appendix B: Steve Carlton's major league career pitching statistics

Appendix C: Tim McCarver's career batting statistics.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Kashatus, William C. Lefty and Tim

ISBN:

1-4962-3217-8