Baseball players of the 1950s : a biographical dictionary of all 1,560 major leaguers / Rich Marazzi and Len Fiorito.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marazzi, Richard, author.

Fiorito, Len, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball players--United States--Biography--Dictionaries.

Baseball players.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (457 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina ; London, [England] : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The playing and post-playing careers of all 1,560 players who appeared in a major league box score between 1950 and 1959--the ""golden age,"" many say--are profiled in this exhaustive work. From Aaron to Zuverink: this treasure-trove of anecdotes, many gathered from personal interviews, is full of historical facts, controversy, and trivia. Readers will be reminded, that Milwaukee Braves pitcher Humberto Robinson was asked by a gambler to fix a game against the Phillies (he refused), Joe Adcock chased Giants pitcher Ruben Gomez around the field with a bat, Bob Turley reached the top of the corp

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface ; Rich Marazii; Len Fiorito; Baseball Players of the 1950s; Selected Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-0429-0