Documents the worst major league baseball pitchers from 1876 to 1992, including those with the worst seasons and the worst career statistics
From a delightful survey of batters who fell below the dreaded "Mendoza Line" to a rundown of managers who had long careers distinguished by relentless losing to a roster of players who took steroids but still stunk, Who's on Worst? is a ...
Carlton. was. mad. He had just won 20 games for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1971. But the team still decided to trade him to the lowly Philadelphia Phillies. The Phillies were one of the worst teams in baseball when Carlton arrived.
Up for some good old-fashioned baseball bickering? Addressing—and answering!—50 of the most heated, quirkiest, and funniest debates, past and present, this book contains outstanding baseball ammo.
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Doc not only tells the story of Halladay's illustrious baseball career in Toronto and Philadelphia, but his hard-driven adolescence, his lifelong personal struggles, and his motivation to pay forward the knowledge and philosophies that ...
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Completely revised and expanded, this 4-volume work profiles over 1,450 baseball luminaries and includes 477 new entries.