Fred Clarke
Subtitle: a biography of the Baseball Hall of Fame player-manager
By: Ronald T. Waldo
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9780786459339
Subjects: Baseball managers; Baseball players; Pittsburgh Pirates (Baseball team); Biography
Description: "Elected to the 1945 Baseball Hall of Fame, Fred Clarke began his career in 1894 with a record 5 for 5 day at the plate. He would go on to play for 21 years, most of that time as the player-manager of the Pirates, a team he led to four pennants and one World Series Championship (1909)"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-236) and index.
Table of contents: title: A fall day in winterset; title: Two passions are born; title: Fearless youngster; title: The original boy wonder manager; title: Goodbye Louisville, hello Pittsburgh; title: Pennant flag hangs from corsair craft; title: Pittsburgh repeats in spite of Johnson's treachery; title: Historic battle with an old friend; title: Clarke trades proven performers to improve team; title: Twenty-nine game loser becomes staff ace; title: Pirates come close during great race; title: Championship glory; title: Carke betrayed by Pittsburgh fans; title: Marty O'Toole's three-ring circus; title: A great career winds down; title: Can't get baseball out of his blood; title: A full life after baseball.