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Author Armour, Mark L.

Title Joe Cronin : a life in baseball / Mark Armour.

Publication Info. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 382 pages, 35 pages of plates) : illustrations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-364) and index.
Contents San Francisco -- Pittsburgh and other places -- Washington -- Player-manager -- Rich kid -- Comeback -- Winding down -- War -- Bench manager -- General manager -- Opportunity lost -- Youth movement -- Power and glory -- Mr. President -- New order -- Unrest -- At rest.
Note Print version record.
Summary From the sandlots of San Francisco to the power centers of the game, this book tells the story of Joe Cronin, one of twentieth-century baseball's major players, both on the field and off. For most of his playing career, Cronin (190684) was the best shortstop in baseball. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1956. A manager by the age of twenty-six and general manager at forty-one, Cronin was the youngest player-manager ever to play in the World Series, and he managed the Red Sox longer than any other man in history. As president of the American League, he oversaw two expansions, four franchi.
Subject Cronin, Joe, 1906-1984.
American League of Professional Baseball Clubs -- Presidents -- Biography.
American League of Professional Baseball Clubs.
Cronin, Joe, 1906-1984. (OCoLC)fst01912898
American League of Professional Baseball Clubs. (OCoLC)fst00553681
Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.
Baseball player-managers -- United States -- Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Baseball -- History.
Baseball player-managers. (OCoLC)fst00828006
Baseball players. (OCoLC)fst00828007
Presidents. (OCoLC)fst01075723
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Other Form: Print version: Armour, Mark L. Joe Cronin. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2010 9780803225305 (DLC) 2009037270 (OCoLC)436221305
ISBN 9780803229969 (electronic bk.)
0803229968 (electronic bk.)
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