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Pete Reiser : the rough-and-tumble career of the perfect ballplayer

Title
Pete Reiser : the rough-and-tumble career of the perfect ballplayer / Sidney Jacobson.
Author
Jacobson, Sidney.
Publication
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., ©2004.

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Description
x, 230 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
  • "In 1941, his first full season, Pete Reiser became the youngest batting champion in history, winning the NL title with a .343 average, and leading the league in runs, doubles, triples, total bases, and slugging average. By July of 1942, the popular Brooklyn outfielder was flirting with .400 and was easily baseball's fastest rising star. Then a jarring collision with the outfield wall in St. Louis sent his season into a tailspin. After three years in the Army, he led the league in stolen bases despite persistent headaches and dizziness. Ten more collisions with the outfield wall added a shoulder separation, muscle tear, fracture, contusions, and concussions to Reiser's long list of injuries, and he would never again play a full season."
  • "This biography provides the full story on Reiser, with special emphasis on the highlights of his playing days and the factors that kept him from fulfilling his enormous potential. The conditions under which big leaguers of the era lived, worked, and played are detailed as well."--Jacket.
Subject
  • Reiser, Pete
  • Baseball players > United States > Biography
  • Baseball players
  • United States
Genre/Form
Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The Brooklyn Dodgers -- Larry and Leo -- A pistol is fired -- Hidden away -- Dem (not such) bums -- Finally -- A new shopping spree -- Coming into his own -- Rookie of the year -- Down to the wire -- Three strikes and yer-- -- The gold dust twins -- A season to remember -- Nice guys finish last -- Men of war -- The men come home -- Home is for the stealing -- The natural -- The walls -- End game -- The image fades -- Aftermath -- An imperfect appraisal.
ISBN
  • 0786418761
  • 9780786418763
LCCN
2004014629
OCLC
  • ocm55764252
  • 55764252
  • SCSB-1345811
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library