LEADER 03844nam 2200649 450 001 9910796360203321 005 20230814232916.0 010 $a1-4399-1553-9 035 $a(CKB)3790000000543972 035 $a(DLC) 2017048875 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5213733 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5213733 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11493358 035 $a(OCoLC)1006521779 035 $a(EXLCZ)993790000000543972 100 $a20180906d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cn$2rdamedia 183 $anc$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBiz Mackey, a giant behind the plate $ethe story of the Negro league star and Hall of Fame catcher /$fRich Westcott ; forewords by Monte Irvin and Ray C. Mackey III 210 1$aPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania ;$aRome ;$aTokyo :$cTemple University Press,$d[2018] 215 $a1 online resource 311 $a1-4399-1551-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a""The best all-around catcher in black baseball history"--Cumberland Posey, Owner of the Homestead Grays National Baseball Hall of Fame catcher James Raleigh "Biz" Mackey's professional career spanned nearly three decades in the Negro Leagues and elsewhere. He distinguished himself as a defensive catcher who also had an impressive batting average and later worked as a manager of the Newark Eagles and the Baltimore Elite Giants. Using archival materials and interviews with former Negro League players, baseball historian Rich Westcott chronicles the catcher's life and remarkable career in Biz Mackey, a Giant behind the Plateas well as providing an in-depth look at Philadelphia Negro League history. Westcott traces Mackey's childhood in Texas as the son of sharecroppers to his success on the baseball diamond where he displayed extraordinary defensive skills and an exceptional ability to hit and to handle pitchers. Mackey spent one third of his career playing in Philadelphia, winning championships with the Hilldale Daisies and the Philadelphia Stars. Mackey also mentored famed catcher Roy Campanella and had an unlikely role in the story of baseball's development in Japan. A celebrated ballplayer before African Americans were permitted to join Major League Baseball, Biz Mackey ranks as one of the top catchers ever to play the game. With Biz Mackey, he finally gets the biography he deserves"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aCatchers (Baseball)$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aBaseball$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAfrican American baseball players$vBiography 606 $aAfrican American baseball managers$vBiography 606 $aNegro leagues$xHistory 606 $aBaseball players$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aSPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History$2bisacsh 606 $aHISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)$2bisacsh 606 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women$2bisacsh 615 0$aCatchers (Baseball) 615 0$aBaseball$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican American baseball players 615 0$aAfrican American baseball managers 615 0$aNegro leagues$xHistory. 615 0$aBaseball players 615 7$aSPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History. 615 7$aHISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) 615 7$aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women. 676 $a796.357092 686 $aSPO003030$aHIS036080$aBIO022000$2bisacsh 700 $aWestcott$b Rich$01585153 702 $aIrvin$b Monte 702 $aMackey$b Ray C. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910796360203321 996 $aBiz Mackey, a giant behind the plate$93869474 997 $aUNINA