Dixie Walker of the Dodgers : the people's choice / Maury Allen with Susan Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allen, Maury, 1932-2010.

Contributor:

Walker, Susan, 1943-

Series:

Alabama Fire Ant

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball players--United States--Biography.

Baseball players.

Walker, Dixie, 1910-1982.

Walker, Dixie.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Fred "Dixie" Walker was a gifted ballplayer from a family of gifted athletes. (His father, uncle, and brother all played major league baseball.) Dixie Walker played in the majors for 18 seasons and in 1,905 games, assembling a career batting average of .306 while playing for the Yankees, White Sox, Tigers, Dodgers, and Pirates. Walker won the 1944 National League batting title, was three times an All-Star, and was runner-up for Most Valuable Player in the National League in 1946. He was particularly beloved by Brooklyn Dodgers fans, to whom he was the "People's Choice."

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. How It All Started; 2. The Lingering Legend; 3. The Walkers of Birmingham; 4. The Walker Family Baseball Dynasty; 5. Watch Out, Babe, Dixie Is Coming; 6. Estelle Shea Walker; 7. Arrival in Brooklyn; 8. The 1941 Pennant and the 1944 Batting Title; 9. Jackie's Early Years; 10. Jackie and Dixie in 1947; 11. The Pennant, the World Series, and the Long Farewell; 12. The Final Playing Years and a New Career; 13. The Sweet Dodger Days; 14. Dixie, a Baseball Lifer; 15. Estelle Carries the Torch; 16. History's Verdict

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8358-1

OCLC:

664233641