Baseball Legends : the greatest players, best games, and the most magical moments--then and now / [Angus G. Garber III].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garber, Angus G.

Contributor:

Lubin, Bruce, editor.

Running Press, publisher.

Running Press Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball--United States--History.

Baseball.

Baseball players--United States.

Baseball players.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Penn Provenance:

Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)

Physical Description:

136 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 26 cm

Distribution:

Philadelphia, Pa. : Imprint of Running Press,

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : Courage Books, 1993.

Contents:

Introduction

The Players: Hank Aaron, Johnny Bench, Yogi Berra, Steve Carlton, Ty Cobb, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, Bob Gibson, Ricky Henderson, Reggie Jackson, Walter Johnson, Sandy Koufax, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Stan Musial, Brooks Robinson, Pete Rose, Babe Ruth, Nolan Ryan, Mike Schmidt, Tom Seaver, Honus Wagner, Ted Williams, Cy Young

The Games: Don Larsen's Perfect Game, Jackie Robinson's First Game, The Pebble Game, The Double No-hit Game, Alexander Strikes Out Lazzeri, Snodgrass' Big Mistake, The Longest Game, Harvey Haddix' Perfect Loss, 1975 World Series, Game Six, 1986 World Series, Game Six, Game Seven 1991 World Series

The Moments: Bobby Thomson's 'Shot Heard 'Round the World', Willie Mays' Great Catch, Babe Ruth's Called Home Run, The Amazin' Mets of 1969, Bill Mazeroski's Home Run, Bill Veeck's Small Experiment, Roger Maris' 61st* Home Run, Hank Aaron's 715th Home Run, The End of Joe DiMaggio's 56-Game Streak, Bill Wambsganss' Unassisted Triple Play, Gibson's Heroic Swing

Chronology, Relevant Statistics, and Useful Addresses.

Notes:

"A Friedman Group book."--Title page verso.

Author statement from jacket.

"'Baseball Legends' ... was prepared and produced by Michael Friedman Publishing Group, Inc. ... New York, New York."--Title page verso.

"Editor: Bruce Lubin. Art Director: Mary Moriarty. Designer: Rod Gonzalez. Photography Editor: Christine Cancelli. Cover Design: Toby Schmidt. Typeset by Classic Type, Inc."--Title page verso.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Running Press Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.

Running Press copies have dustjackets retained.

Running Press copies are "1" printing.

ISBN:

1561382663 (cloth)

9781561382668

OCLC:

28352777