Harry Hooper : AN AMERICAN BASEBALL LIFE Paperback / softback
by Paul J. Zingg
Part of the Sport and Society series
Paperback / softback
Description
"Hooper's instinct for knowing where the ball was going to be hit was uncanny.
I'm sure, too, that he made more diving catches than any other outfielder in history.
With most outfielders the diving catch is half luck; with Hooper, it was a masterpiece of business."--Babe Ruth, on his selection of Harry Hooper for his all-time all-star teamThrough the figure of Harry Hooper (1887-1974), star of four World Series championship teams and a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, Paul Zingg describes baseball's transformation from an often rowdy spectacle to a respectable career choice and entertainment institution.
Zingg chronicles Hooper's rise from a sharecropper background in California to college and then to the pinnacle of his sport.
Boston's leadoff hitter and right fielder from 1909 to 1920, Hooper later played for the Chicago White Sox, managed in the Pacific Coast League, and coached Princeton's team.
When he retired from playing in 1925, he held every major fielding record for an American League right fielder.
Hooper's diaries, memoirs, and six decades of letters offer a rich and colorful commentary on the evolution of the game, as well as insight into the tensions between a player's public and private lives.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:312 pages
- Publisher:University of Illinois Press
- Publication Date:22/01/2004
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- ISBN:9780252071706
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:312 pages
- Publisher:University of Illinois Press
- Publication Date:22/01/2004
- Category:
- ISBN:9780252071706
