In Cobb's Shadow: The Hall of Fame Careers of Sam Crawford, Harry Heilmann and Heinie Manush

Considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time, Ty Cobb cast a shadow over the game with his violent behavior on the field and off. His shadow was never darker than when it fell on his teammates. Sam Crawford, Harry Heilmann and Heinie Manush were three of the greatest players in baseball history, good enough to be in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Each played in the Detroit outfield alongside Cobb, though their fame never reached the level of his.

Little is remembered about this trio of Hall of Famers. Crawford, the all-time triples leader, Heilmann, the last right-handed batter to hit .400, and Manush, another batting champion, each made his own mark on the game, detailed for the first time in this triple biography.

ISBN-13: 9780786497164

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: McFarland & Company - Incorporated Publishers

Publication Date: 09-30-2015

Pages: 224

Product Dimensions: 6.80(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.60(d)

Age Range: 18 Years

Dan D'Addona is an award-winning journalist from Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the Sports Editor of The Holland Sentinel in Holland, Michigan. A member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), his work has appeared in the SABR Research Journal, the Ann Arbor News, the Detroit News, the Chicago Tribune and USA Today.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments deleteix
Preface
Part I: Sam Crawford
1. Wahoo
2. Both Big Leagues
3. Ain’t He a Peach
4. Birth of an American League Dynasty
5. Another Pennant, Another Disappointment
6. Another Empty Pennant
7. Aftermath of a Dynasty
8. Michigan and Trumbull
9. Return to the Race
10. Mr. Almost 3,000
11. Forgotten Legacy: Sam Crawford
Appendix—Crawford’s Record 26 Triples in 1914
Part II: Harry Heilmann
12. Boy from the Bay
13. The Big Leagues
14. Return from the War
15. Batting Champion
16. .400
17. Return to the Crown
18. Slug’s Surge
19. The Beginning of the End
20. To the Booth
21. Forgotten Legacy: Harry Heilmann
Part III: Heinie Manush
22. Tuscumbia
23. Major League Debut
24. Another Batting Champion
25. The St. Louis Years
26. Finally a Contender
27. 1933: The Pennant
28. Bouncing Around Till the End
29. Forgotten Legacy: Heinie Manush
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index

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