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Author Armour, Mark L

Title Joe Cronin : a life in baseball / Mark Armour
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 382 pages, 35 pages of plates) : illustrations
Contents San Francisco -- Pittsburgh and other places -- Washington -- Player-manager -- Rich kid -- Comeback -- Winding down -- War -- Bench manager -- General manager -- Opportunity lost -- Youth movement -- Power and glory -- Mr. President -- New order -- Unrest -- At rest
Summary From the sandlots of San Francisco to the power centers of the game, this book tells the story of Joe Cronin, one of twentieth-century baseball's major players, both on the field and off. For most of his playing career, Cronin (190684) was the best shortstop in baseball. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1956. A manager by the age of twenty-six and general manager at forty-one, Cronin was the youngest player-manager ever to play in the World Series, and he managed the Red Sox longer than any other man in history. As president of the American League, he oversaw two expansions, four franchi
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-364) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Cronin, Joe, 1906-1984.
SUBJECT Cronin, Joe, 1906-1984 fast
Subject American League of Professional Baseball Clubs -- Presidents -- Biography
SUBJECT American League of Professional Baseball Clubs fast
Subject Baseball players -- United States -- Biography
Baseball player-managers -- United States -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Baseball -- History.
Baseball player-managers
Baseball players
Presidents
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2009037270
ISBN 9780803229969
0803229968
9780803269569
0803269560