Big Cat : The Life of Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Mize / Jerry Grillo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grillo, Jerry, 1960- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Baseball.

Baseball players--United States--Biography.

Baseball players.

Mize, Johnny, 1913-1993.

Mize, Johnny.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, [2024]

Summary:

Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Mize grew up in a broken home in the mountains of northeast Georgia. Jerry Grillo writes of Mize's fifteen Major League seasons with the Cardinals, New York Giants, and Yankees--with whom he won five World Series titles--and the twenty-eight years he spent waiting for his call from the Hall of Fame.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Prologue

1. Hills of Habersham

2. High Drama in the Low Minors

3. Scenic Route in the Bushes

4. Beisból with El Maestro

5. Can Mize Field This Year?

6. The Temporary Red

7. All the Way Back

8. Cardinals Rookie

9. Johnny and Jene

10. Rule of Three

11. Best Hitter in the National League

12. The Temperament of Genius

13. Goodbye, St. Louis

14. Land of the Giants

15. War Clubs

16. Agony of Defeat

17. Chasing the Babe

18. Chasing Kiner

19. Big Cat Earns His Pinstripes

20. Minor Setback, Major Recovery

21. Sitting in Casey's Lap

22. How to Hit

23. Out to Pasture

24. Going Home

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781496239716