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1 online resource (288 pages) |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; PART 1. The Pioneers, Pre-1900; PART 2. Last of the Deadball Standouts, 1900-1910; PART 3. Stars of Three Leagues, 1911-1920; PART 4. Hall of Famers Dominate, 1921-1930; PART 5. Mostly Whiz Kids and Native Sons, 1931-1950; PART 6. Everyone's an All-Star, 1951-1970; PART 7. Greats of the Modern Era, 1971-2012; Sources. |
| Summary |
Philadelphia's Top Fifty Baseball Players takes a look at the greatest players in Philadelphia baseball history from the earliest days in 1830 through the Negro Leagues and into the modern era. Their ranks include batting champions, home run kings, Most Valuable Players, Cy Young Award winners, and Hall of Famers-from Ed Delahanty, Jimmie Foxx, Lefty Grove, Roy Campanella, Mike Schmidt, and Ryan Howard to Negro League stars Judy Johnson and Biz Mackey and other Philadelphia standouts such as Richie Ashburn, Dick Allen, Chuck Klein, Eddie Collins, and Reggie Jackson. For each player. |
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Print version record. |
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Baseball players -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography.
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Baseball -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Baseball -- History.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Baseball -- Essays & Writings.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Baseball -- Statistics.
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Baseball. (OCoLC)fst00827904
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Baseball players. (OCoLC)fst00828007
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Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
(OCoLC)fst01204170
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Westcott, Rich. Philadelphia's Top Fifty Baseball Players. Lincoln : UNP - Nebraska Paperback, ©2013 9780803243408 |
| ISBN |
9780803246072 (electronic bk.) |
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0803246072 (electronic bk.) |
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