Gabby Hartnett
The Life and Times of the Cubs’ Greatest Catcher
William F.
McNeil
ISBN
978-0-7864-1850-3
64 photos, notes, bibliography, index
344pp.
softcover
2004
Available for immediate shipment
Description
Gabby Harnett is believed by many to be the greatest catcher of all time. This work chronicles Hartnett’s life from his early years in Millville, Massachusetts, through his twenty-year career with the Chicago Cubs as player and manager, his time in various capacities in the minor leagues and with the New York Giants and Kansas City Athletics, to his post-major league career as a businessman in Chicago.
His childhood, early baseball experiences with the local team and with a nearby prep school, and his first professional baseball season with the Worcester Boosters of the Eastern League are covered in detail. Hartnett’s major league career as the catcher for the Cubs is well-documented, including his near career-ending arm injury in 1929, the 1932 World Series that featured Babe Ruth’s legendary "called shot," and Hartnett’s famous "homer in the gloamin" against the Pittsburgh Pirates that propelled Chicago to the 1938 National League pennant. The author also compares Hartnett’s statistics to those of his famous contemporaries, Mickey Cochrane and Bill Dickey, on a year-by-year basis.
About the Author
William F. McNeil, has published more than a dozen books, eleven of them on baseball history. A member of the Society for American Baseball Research, he received a 2007 Sporting News-SABR Research Award for his Black Baseball Out of Season. McNeil is a five-time recipient of the Robert Peterson Award, which recognizes works that increase public awareness of Negro League baseball. He lives in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
Other Book(s) by William F. McNeil Available from McFarland:
Baseball’s Other All-Stars
The Single-Season Home Run Kings
Visitors to Ancient America
Cool Papas and Double Duties
Backstop
The Evolution of Pitching in Major League Baseball
Black Baseball Out of Season
All-Stars for All Time
Miracle in Chavez Ravine
The California Winter League
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