Warren Spahn (eBook)

A Biography of the Legendary Lefty

Lew Freedman (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
360 Seiten
Sports Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-68358-200-7 (ISBN)

Infos

The story of a pitching legend—one who surpassed all odds.

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With 363 victories, Warren Spahn is the winningest left-handed pitcher in baseball history. During his 21-year career, Spahn won 20+ games thirteen times, was a 17-time All Star, a Cy Youngaward winner, and was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973. In addition, Spahn was also a war hero, serving in World War II and awarded the Purple Heart.To say Spahn lived a storied life is an understatement.In Warren Spahn, author Lew Freedman tells the story of this incredible lefty. Known for his supremely high leg kick, Spahn became one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history. However, the road wasn't as easy as it would seem.Struggling in his major-league debut at age twenty, manager Casey Stengel demoted the young left. It would be four years before Spahn would return to the diamond, as he received a calling of a different kindone from his country.Enlisting in the Army, Spahn would serve with distinction, seeing action in the Battle of the Bulge and the Ludendorff Bridge, and was awarded a battlefield commission, along with a Purple Heart.Upon his return to the game, he would take the league by storm. Spahn dominated for over two decades, spending twenty years with the Braves (both Boston and Milwaukee), as well as a season with the New York Mets and San Francisco Giants. Pitching into his mid-forties, he would throw two no-hitters at the advanced ages of thirty-nine and forty. From his early days in Buffalo and young career, through his time and the military and all the way to the 1948 Braves and ';Spahn and Sain and Pray for Rain,' author Lew Freedman leaves no stone unturned in sharing the incredible life of this pitching icon, who is still considered the greatest left-handed pitcher to ever play the game.

Autor

Lew Freedman is the author of nearly sixty books on sports, including Clouds over the Goalpost, The Original Six, and A Summer to Remember, and is the winner of more than 250 journalism awards. A veteran sportswriter, Freedman was formerly a staff writer for the Chicago Tribune and Philadelphia Inquirer, as well as other papers, and lives in Columbus, Indiana.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.5.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Schlagworte: 1941 season • american hero • American Icon • autobiographies • Babe Ruth • ball era • ballgame • ball player • Banzai • baseball biography • baseball career • baseball games • baseball history • baseball life • baseball players • baseball's • baseballs • batter's boxtrue baseball • batting average • batting cage • batting practice • boston braves • Boston Globe • boston red • boston sports • braves • busting • cryogenically frozen • dead ball • epic biography • Fenway • fighter pilot • fishing trips • Florida Keys • Gehrig • homers 1954 • home runs • hornsby • immortal life • Joe DiMaggio • John Henry • league baseball • left handed pitcher • lefty • lifetime batting • Matty • military career • milwaukee braves • minor leagues • NL • pennant races • pitcher • Pitching • playing career • post-baseball • pray for rain • Red Sox • sain • Salvation Army • San Diego • San Francisco Giants • serious baseball • sick children • son john • spahn • sports biography • spring training • strike zone • Stump • Unconditional Love • Veteran • warren • warren spahn • World War II • WW II • Yearbook • youth baseball
• ISBN-10: 1-68358-200-4 / 1683582004
• ISBN-13: 978-1-68358-200-7 / 9781683582007