Presents a history of the Chicago Cubs, profiling star players and detailing team facts and statistics.
In this book, readers will find a complete history of that most sacred of American stadiums, where Hack Wilson batted in 191 runs—still the major-league record—in 1930, where Sammy Sosa earned the moniker “Slammin’ Sammy,” and ...
MEL " OTT CARL HUBBELL In a 1932 game , in this tiny ballpark on this tiny island , fans watched 12 future Hall - of - Famers take the field at once . Five of the 1932 Cubs and seven of the 1932 Giants made their way to Cooperstown ...
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Yearbook. Lynn, MA: H. O. Zinman, 2015. Neyer, Rob, and Eddie Epstein. Baseball Dynasties. New York: Norton, 2000. Okkonen, Marc. The Federal League of 1914–1915. Garrett Park, MD: Society for ...
... 137, 141 Crawford, Wahoo Sam, 125, 151, 152, 153 Creamer, Joseph, 145 Crocker, Thomas, 139 Crosetti, Frank, 263, ... 432 Davidson, Satch, 417 Davis, C. V., 420 Davis, Curt, 274 Davis, George, 120, 122, 123 Davis, Harry, 155 Davis, ...
Chicago in the Roaring Twenties was a city of immigrants, mobsters, and flappers with one shared passion: the Chicago Cubs.
That team will screw up your life." Here he captures the story of the team, its players and crazy days-- not just what happened, but what it felt like and what it meant.
Presents a review of the the Chicago Cubs' 1945 season, the last time the team won the pennant and went to the World Series.
Examines the history, players, and future of the Chicago Cubs baseball team.
"Miracle Collapse is the story of how one of the most talented Cubs teams ever to take the field - with Ernie Banks, Ron Santo, Billy Williams, and ace pitcher Ferguson Jenkins among their ranks and led by the irascible manager Leo Durocher ...
Lewis Meacham, Spalding's Base Ball Guide and Official League Book, 1886 (New York: Spalding's Athletic Library, 1886), 7, 29. Chapter 10. the sabbath Battles 1. Riess, Touching Base, 121. 2. Hulbert's 1870s crackdown included banning ...