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Biz Mackey, a giant behind the plate : the story of the Negro league star and Hall of Fame catcher / / Rich Westcott ; forewords by Monte Irvin and Ray C. Mackey III



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Autore: Westcott Rich Visualizza persona
Titolo: Biz Mackey, a giant behind the plate : the story of the Negro league star and Hall of Fame catcher / / Rich Westcott ; forewords by Monte Irvin and Ray C. Mackey III Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; ; Rome ; ; Tokyo : , : Temple University Press, , [2018]
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
Disciplina: 796.357092
Soggetto topico: Catchers (Baseball) - United States
Baseball - United States - History - 20th century
African American baseball players
African American baseball managers
Negro leagues - History
Baseball players - United States
SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
Classificazione: SPO003030HIS036080BIO022000
Persona (resp. second.): IrvinMonte
MackeyRay C.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sommario/riassunto: ""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"--
Titolo autorizzato: Biz Mackey, a giant behind the plate  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4399-1553-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910814427803321
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