Research Catalog

Title

Wicked curve : the life and troubled times of Grover Cleveland Alexander / John C. Skipper.

Author

Skipper, John C., 1945-

Publication

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2006.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Holdings

Details

Description

v, 238 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Grover Cleveland Alexander won 373 games over his 20-year career, the third highest total in major league history, and led the National League in ERA four times, shutouts seven times, complete games six times, and wins six times.This biography sheds light on the pitcher and man, focusing on Alexander's personal life and Hall of Fame career"--Provided by publisher.

Subject

• Alexander, Grover Cleveland, 1887-1950
• Baseball players > United States > Biography

Genre/Form

Biographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-229) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Alone in a crowd -- A stone's throw away -- A big league pitcher -- A pennant flies in Philadelphia -- Nobody does it better -- The changing of the uniforms -- The cub years -- Managerial merry-go-round and McCarthy -- A strikeout for the ages -- Forty years old and counting -- The end of the road -- When the cheering stopped -- The long road downhill -- Brother can you spare me a dime? -- The last hurrah -- Coming home -- Bottom of the ninth.

ISBN

• 0786424125 (softcover : alk. paper)
• 9780786424122

LCCN

^^2006012641

OCLC

• 67405548
• SCSB-12284839

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library