David L Fleitz: 7 books
John Clarkson
A Chapter from Ghosts in the Gallery at Cooperstown
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2012
An irony of enshrinement at the baseball Hall of Fame is that it’s no guarantee of lasting name recognition. The sport’s history stretches too far back, as today fans scratch their heads about athletes and owners who were among the most celebrated public figures of their time. Who was more renowned...
Kid Nichols
A Chapter from Ghosts in the Gallery at Cooperstown
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2012
An irony of enshrinement at the baseball Hall of Fame is that it’s no guarantee of lasting name recognition. The sport’s history stretches too far back, as today fans scratch their heads about athletes and owners who were among the most celebrated public figures of their time. Who was more renowned...
Shoeless
The Life and Times of Joe Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2001
"Shoeless" Joe Jackson was one of baseball's greatest hitters and most colorful players. Born Joseph Jefferson Wofford Jackson on July 16, 1888, in Pickens County, South Carolina, Jackson went to work in a textile mill when he was around six years old, and got his start in baseball playing...
Rowdy Patsy Tebeau and the Cleveland Spiders
Fighting to the Bottom of Baseball, 1887-1899
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2017
In an era of rowdy teams, the Cleveland Spiders (1887–1899) were baseball’s rowdiest. Managed by Oliver “Patsy” Tebeau, a quick-tempered infielder, the Spiders seemed to heap abuse of one kind or another on everyone—umpires, opposing teams, even the fans. Their aggression never brought home...
Napoleon Lajoie
King of Ballplayers
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
Napoleon Lajoie was the sixth player, and the first second baseman, to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. During his career, which lasted from 1896 to 1916, he was regularly called the “King of Ballplayers” and was widely regarded as the greatest baseball player of all time before Ty Cobb...
Jack Chesbro
A Chapter from Ghosts in the Gallery at Cooperstown
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2012
An irony of enshrinement at the baseball Hall of Fame is that it’s no guarantee of lasting name recognition. The sport’s history stretches too far back, as today fans scratch their heads about athletes and owners who were among the most celebrated public figures of their time. Who was more renowned...
Cap Anson
The Grand Old Man of Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2014
Cap Anson’s plaque at the Baseball Hall of Fame sums up his career with admirable simplicity: “The greatest hitter and greatest National League player-manager of the 19th century.” Anson helped make baseball the national pastime. He hit over .300 in all but three of his major league seasons,...