Hebrew Hammer: A Biography of Al Rosen, All-Star Third Baseman - Softcover

Wancho, Joseph

 
9781476681313: Hebrew Hammer: A Biography of Al Rosen, All-Star Third Baseman
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1476681317 ISBN 13: 9781476681313
Verlag: McFarland, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

This first biography of four-time all-star Al Rosen covers the career of perhaps the best player on the fabulous Cleveland Indians' teams of the 1950s. From 1951 to 1956, the Tribe won one American League pennant (1954) and finished second to New York the other five seasons. Rosen was selected as the League's Most Valuable Player in 1953, the last Indians player to be so honored. He led the League in home runs (43) and RBI (145). Washington's Mickey Vernon edged Rosen by a single percentage point (.337 to .336) for the league batting championship. His play between the white lines was not the only place where Rosen left his mark on the game. He spent 14 seasons as a president or general manager for the New York Yankees (1978-1979), Houston Astros (1981-1985) and the San Francisco Giants (1986-1992). Under his guidance, those teams won two pennants and one world championship. Rosen is the only person in Major League Baseball history to win an MVP award as a player and to be recognized as Executive of the Year by The Sporting News (1987).

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Joseph Wancho is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) and has contributed articles to more than 35 books on the history of baseball. He lives in Brooklyn, Ohio.

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Verlag
McFarland
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1476681317
ISBN 13 
9781476681313
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
232
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