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Author Baehler, James R., author.

Title Unbreakable : the 25 most unapproachable records in baseball / James R. Baehler.

Publication Info. New York : Sports Publishing, [2014]
©2014

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Description 1 online resource (206 pages)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; The Deadball Era 1900-1920; Chapter 1: Jack Chesbro; Chapter 2: Ed Walsh "Big Ed"; Chapter 3: Christy Mathewson; Chapter 4: Walter Johnson "The Big Train"; Chapter 5: Ty Cobb; Chapter 6: Grover Cleveland Alexander; Chapter 7: Hubert "Dutch" Leonard; The Start of the Live-Ball Era; Chapter 8: George Herman ""Babe"" Ruth; Chapter 9: Rogers Hornsby; Chapter 10: Carl Hubbell; Chapter 11: Hack Wilson; Chapter 12: Ted Williams; Chapter 13: Bob Feller; Chapter 14: Joe Dimaggio; Chapter 15: Warren Spahn; Chapter 16: Steve Carlton.
Bill Veeck and the Color BarrierChapter 17: Bill Veeck and Eddie Gaedel; Chapter 18: Mickey Mantle; Chapter 19: Harvey Haddix; Chapter 20: Rickey Henderson; Chapter 21: The Chicago Cubs; Afterword; Selected Bibliography.
Summary Unbreakable gives fans the fascinating stories behind incredible records and the players who made them and provides a basis for comparing players of the Deadball era with those of today. Most importantly, it gives the true baseball fan quantitative objective data to bring to arguments about players and their records. It is almost impossible to fathom how Jack Chesbro could have won 41 games in 1904 when pitchers today don't even make that many starts in a season. Ed Walsh pitched 464 innings in one season and many times pitched more than 400 innings during his 14-season career, while pitchers t.
Subject Baseball -- History.
Baseball -- Statistics.
Baseball players.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Baseball -- Statistics.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Baseball -- History.
Baseball. (OCoLC)fst00827904
Baseball players. (OCoLC)fst00828007
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Statistics. (OCoLC)fst01423727
Other Form: Print version: Baehler, James R. Unbreakable : The 25 Most Unapproachable Records in Baseball. New York : Sports Publishing, ©2014 9781613217030
ISBN 9781613217528 (electronic bk.)
1613217528 (electronic bk.)
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