LEADER 00000cam 2200493Ii 4500 001 ocn894790100 003 OCoLC 005 20160518075921.7 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 141108s2014 nyu obs 000 0deng d 020 9781613217528|q(electronic bk.) 020 1613217528|q(electronic bk.) 035 (OCoLC)894790100 040 EBLCP|beng|epn|erda|cEBLCP|dN$T|dTEFOD|dYDXCP|dOCLCF |dTEFOD|dIDEBK|dOCLCQ 049 GTKE 050 4 GV862.5|b.B384 2014 082 04 796.35709 100 1 Baehler, James R.,|eauthor. 245 10 Unbreakable :|bthe 25 most unapproachable records in baseball /|cJames R. Baehler. 264 1 New York :|bSports Publishing,|c[2014] 264 4 |c©2014 300 1 online resource (206 pages) 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 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. 505 8 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. 520 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. 650 0 Baseball|xHistory. 650 0 Baseball|vStatistics. 650 0 Baseball players. 650 7 SPORTS & RECREATION|xBaseball|xStatistics.|2bisacsh 650 7 SPORTS & RECREATION|xBaseball|xHistory.|2bisacsh 650 7 Baseball.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00827904 650 7 Baseball players.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00828007 655 7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 Statistics.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423727 776 08 |iPrint version:|aBaehler, James R.|tUnbreakable : The 25 Most Unapproachable Records in Baseball.|dNew York : Sports Publishing, ©2014|z9781613217030 914 ocn894790100 994 93|bGTK
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