The Deacon and the Schoolmaster

Phillippe and Leever, Pittsburgh's Great Turn-of-the-Century Pitchers

Robert Peyton Wiggins (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

296 Seiten

2011
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-5842-4 (ISBN)

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Among the great pitchers in baseball history, Charles "Deacon" Phillippe and Samuel "The Schoolmaster" Leever are hardly household names. But during the first decade of the twentieth century, these two Pittsburgh Pirates were among the most celebrated pitchers in the majors. From 1900 through 1906, they posted a combined record of 261 victories against 131 losses for a win-loss percentage of .666. During the years Deacon and the Schoolmaster pitched together, the Pirates never finished out of the first division, won four National League pennants, and came in second four times. Without flamboyance or controversy to color their legacy, their fame faded quickly after their playing days. But they remain among the most important players in the history of the club.

Robert Peyton Wiggins, a member of the Society for American Baseball Research, works in the University of Virginia Health System. The author of several books, he won the 2010 SABR Larry Ritter Award for the Society for American Baseball Research for his book, The Federal League of Base Ball Clubs (McFarland, 2009). He lives in Virginia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

1. Charles Louis Phillippe

2. The Goshen Schoolmaster

3. A New Era in Pittsburgh

4. A Pennant Comes to Pittsburgh

5. The Best Pitching in Baseball

6. Three in a Row

7. The First World Series

8. Mugsy McGraw’s Giants

9. Transition

10. World Series Champions

11. Swan Song

12. With the Outlaws

13. Life After Baseball

Appendix: Career Pitching Summaries

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Zusatzinfo	23 photos, appendix, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	399 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-7864-5842-9 / 0786458429
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-5842-4 / 9780786458424
Zustand	Neuware