Lew Freedman

Hoyt Wilhelm

Life of a Knuckleballer

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Produktbeschreibung

Hoyt Wilhelmâ s baseball career lasted two decades. A veteran of the Battle of the Bulge, the All-Star from Huntersville, North Carolina was a standout for the New York Giants, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox and Atlanta Braves. This first full-length biography covers the life and career of the first relief pitcher in the Hall of Fame.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 338g
• ISBN-13: 9781476692067
• ISBN-10: 1476692068
• Artikelnr.: 69926168

Autorenporträt

Lew Freedman is a long-time, prize-winning journalist for such newspapers as the Philadelphia Inquirer, Chicago Tribune, Anchorage Daily News and Wyoming's Cody Enterprise. Specializing in sports and the outdoors, he has written more than 100 books. He lives in Columbus, Indiana.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface Introduction
1.
A North Carolina Guy
2.
From North Carolina to North Carolina
3.
War
4.
Starting Over
5.
Minneapolis: Make It or Break It
6.
The Majors at Last
7.
A Hot Commodity
8.
The World Series
9.
Entrenched with New York 10.
On to Other Teams 11.
Lightning Strikes 12.
Rebirth with Orioles 13.
Trying to Make Sense of It 14.
Out of Control 15.
Hanging Tough with the Orioles 16.
Good Company 17.
Wilbur and Hoyt 18.
White Sox and Still Going 19.
A Thousand Games 20.
Running Out of Teams 21.
A Call from the Hall Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index