Johnny Evers
Subtitle: a baseball life
By: Dennis Snelling
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9780786475919
Subjects: Baseball players; Biography
Description: "Johnny Evers was the heartbeat of one of the greatest teams of the 20th century and the fiercest competitor this side of Ty Cobb. This is the biography of a man who literally wrote the book about playing his position and set the standard for winning baseball. He was elected to the Hall of Fame"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The kid from the Collar City; title: Rookie; title: Foraging for wins in the land of the Giants; title: The best team in baseball, but not necessarily in Chicago; title: World champions; title: Merkle; title: A sad lexicon; title: Comeback; title: Managing the cubs with neither a Tinker nor a Chance; title: The Miracle Braves; title: Too much electricity; title: When Johnny comes marching home; title: The human dynamo that needs a minder; title: Albany, Alabama Pitts and one last reunion; title: Which is as it should be.