Rogers Hornsby [[electronic resource] ] : a biography / / Jonathan D'Amore

• Autore: D'Amore Jonathan
• Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (186 p.)
• Disciplina: 796.357/092; B
• Soggetto topico: Baseball players - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-155) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chronology; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Stockyards and Sandlots; CHAPTER 2 Growing into the National League; CHAPTER 3 Money; CHAPTER 4 The Rajah; CHAPTER 5 A Championship; CHAPTER 6 ""New York's New Babe Ruth""; CHAPTER 7 Peaks and Valleys; CHAPTER 8 The Great Depression; CHAPTER 9 TO Baseball's Hinterlands and Back; CHAPTER 10 Hornsby'S Bend; CHAPTER 11 Making of a Legend; Appendix: Rogers Hornsby's Career and World Series Statistics; Selected Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Rogers Hornsby has the highest career batting average of any right-handed hitter and the second highest career mark overall. The Rajah won seven batting titles and hit over .400 three times. He was also one of baseball's most successful player-managers, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a historic World Series triumph over the Yankees in 1926. Hornsby had an unrivaled passion for baseball; as a young player, he once even donned a disguise to play in a women's league. But his unyielding drive to succeed often alienated him from lesser players, and his penchant for the racetrack made him powerf
• Titolo autorizzato: Rogers Hornsby
• ISBN: 1-282-41795-9; 9786612417955; 0-313-06207-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781097703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Baseball's all-time greatest hitters.