Harry Hooper: An American Baseball Life - Couverture souple

Zingg, Paul J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0252071700 ISBN 13 : 9780252071706

Editeur : University of Illinois Press, 2004

Synopsis

"Hooper's instinct for knowing where the ball was going to be hit was uncanny. I'm sure, too, that he made more diving catches than any other outfielder in history. With most outfielders the diving catch is half luck; with Hooper, it was a masterpiece of business."--Babe Ruth, on his selection of Harry Hooper for his all-time all-star team

Through the figure of Harry Hooper (1887-1974), star of four World Series championship teams and a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, Paul Zingg describes baseball's transformation from an often rowdy spectacle to a respectable career choice and entertainment institution.

Zingg chronicles Hooper's rise from a sharecropper background in California to college and then to the pinnacle of his sport. Boston's leadoff hitter and right fielder from 1909 to 1920, Hooper later played for the Chicago White Sox, managed in the Pacific Coast League, and coached Princeton's team. When he retired from playing in 1925, he held every major fielding record for an American League right fielder. Hooper's diaries, memoirs, and six decades of letters offer a rich and colorful commentary on the evolution of the game, as well as insight into the tensions between a player's public and private lives.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Paul J. Zingg is a former president of California State University, Chico. He is the coauthor of Runs, Hits, and An Era: The Pacific Coast League, 1903-58.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Illinois Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0252071700
• ISBN 13: 9780252071706
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 312
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