Baseball's Bonus Babies
Subtitle: Conversations With 24 High-priced Ballplayers Signed from 1953 to 1957
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: March 10, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9780786425198
Subjects: Baseball; c 1945 to c 1960; Salaries, etc.; Sports & Recreation; Biography / Autobiography; United States; Sports; USA; Baseball - History; Sports - Baseball; Baseball players; History
Description: "This volume focuses on 24 players signed under the bonus rule of 1953-1957, which required players signed to a bonus of $4,000 or more remain on the big league roster for two seasons before being sent to the minor leagues. These interviews explore their lives and careers with emphasis on big-league experience"--Provided by publisher.