Ted Williams and the 1969 Washington Senators
The Last Winning Season
Ted
Leavengood
ISBN
978-0-7864-4136-5
8 photos, charts, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
241pp.
softcover
2009
Available for immediate shipment
Description
Heading into their ninth season, the expansion Washington Senators had never won more than 76 games in a season. New Senators owner Bob Short hired Hall of Famer Ted Williams to manage the team. Williams sparked the Senators to their only winning record for a Washington team since 1952. This book recounts that 1969 season in-depth.
About the Author
Urban planner Ted Leavengood writes a column for seamheads.com and his work has appeared in Elysian Fields Quarterly.
Other Book(s) by Ted Leavengood Available from McFarland:
The 2005 Washington Nationals
Reviews
"Ted Williams and the 1969 Washington Senators does not hit a false note on Ted Williams and digs into interesting aspects of the team and Williams as their manager. It is good work."--Bill Nowlin, author of numerous books on Ted Williams, including Ted Williams at War, and is Vice President of the Society for American Baseball Research
"The book brings back that time so vividly. I remember it so well, it’s amazing."--Dick Bosman, former 1969 Senators pitching great and current pitching coach for the Tampa Bay Rays "Ted Williams and the 1969 Washington Senators is very interesting, well researched, and well written."--Mike Epstein, member of the 1969 Senators baseball team
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