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Informationen zum Autor Lyle Spatz recently stepped down after 25 years as the chairman of SABR's Baseball Records Committee. He is the recipient of SABR's Bob Davids and Henry Chadwick, and Seymour Medal awards, and among the books he has written or edited are biographies of Bill Dahlen, Willie Keeler, Dixie Walker and Hugh Casey. Klappentext In addition to being one of baseball's most accomplished batters, Willie Keeler was an integral part of two memorable teams: the Baltimore Orioles and the Brooklyn Superbas. This is the first biography of Keeler, the most prominent member of the first American League team in New York. Zusammenfassung In addition to being one of baseball’s most accomplished batters, Willie Keeler was an integral part of two memorable teams: the Baltimore Orioles and the Brooklyn Superbas. This is the first biography of Keeler, the most prominent member of the first American League team in New York. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsList of PhotographsIntroductionPart One: Early Life1. Willie Keeler in American Culture2. A Brooklyn Boyhood3. Reaching the Big LeaguePart Two: The Baltimore Orioles4. A Dynasty Begins to Take Shape5. It's a Whole New Game They're Playing6. The Game of the Nineties Was Just Ugly7. And Now We Have the Best Baseball Club8. Another Pennant Won, Another Temple Cup Lost9. A Clean Sweep10. The Streak11. Good vs. Evil12. The Most Valuable Player in the Profession13. Baltimore Had a Good Team and a Lousy MarketPart Three: The Brooklyn Superbas14. Hanlon's Superbas15. The League Shrinks, but Brooklyn Remains on Top16. Winning the Chronicle Cup17. Keep Your Eye Clear and Hit 'em Where They Ain't18. Will Willie Stay or Will Willie Go19. I Am in Baseball for All I Can Get Out Of It Part Four: The New York Yankees20. Crossing the Brooklyn Bridge21. A Disappointing First Season in New York 22. The Yankees Pursue Their First Pennant23. The Wild Pitch24. The Yankees Struggle through an Injury-Marred Season25. Willie Keeler and Ty Cobb26. Keeler Has His Last Good Season27. A Last Hurrah in Baltimore28. Willie Keeler's Work Has Been Unsatisfactory29. Boys, I Guess My Time Has ComePart Five: Life after Baseball30. Keeler's Playing Career Comes to an End31. We're Not All Lucky32. The World Might Have Used Him BetterNotesBibliographyIndexAbout the Author...
List of contents
Acknowledgments
List of Photographs
Introduction
Part One: Early Life
1. Willie Keeler in American Culture
2. A Brooklyn Boyhood
3. Reaching the Big League
Part Two: The Baltimore Orioles
4. A Dynasty Begins to Take Shape
5. It's a Whole New Game They're Playing
6. The Game of the Nineties Was Just Ugly
7. And Now We Have the Best Baseball Club
8. Another Pennant Won, Another Temple Cup Lost
9. A Clean Sweep
10. The Streak
11. Good vs. Evil
12. The Most Valuable Player in the Profession
13. Baltimore Had a Good Team and a Lousy Market
Part Three: The Brooklyn Superbas
14. Hanlon's Superbas
15. The League Shrinks, but Brooklyn Remains on Top
16. Winning the Chronicle Cup
17. Keep Your Eye Clear and Hit 'em Where They Ain't
18. Will Willie Stay or Will Willie Go
19. I Am in Baseball for All I Can Get Out Of It
Part Four: The New York Yankees
20. Crossing the Brooklyn Bridge
21. A Disappointing First Season in New York
22. The Yankees Pursue Their First Pennant
23. The Wild Pitch
24. The Yankees Struggle through an Injury-Marred Season
25. Willie Keeler and Ty Cobb
26. Keeler Has His Last Good Season
27. A Last Hurrah in Baltimore
28. Willie Keeler's Work Has Been Unsatisfactory
29. Boys, I Guess My Time Has Come
Part Five: Life after Baseball
30. Keeler's Playing Career Comes to an End
31. We're Not All Lucky
32. The World Might Have Used Him Better
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
About the author
Lyle Spatz is the former longtime chairman of the Society for American Baseball Research’s Baseball Records Committee. He is the author of numerous baseball books, including Historical Dictionary of Baseball (2012) and Willie Keeler: From the Playgrounds of Brooklyn to the Hall of Fame (2015), both published by Rowman & Littlefield. Spatz is also the co-author of 1921: The Yankees, the Giants, and the Battle for Baseball Supremacy in New York (2010), which won SABR’s Seymour Medal for best baseball history of the year. Spatz’s baseball articles have appeared in the New York Times, The Washington Post, Total Baseball, Baseball Digest, and more. In 2000 he was presented with SABR’s highest honor, the Bob Davids Award, and in 2017 he was a recipient of SABR's Henry Chadwick Award, established to honor the game's great researchers.
