A Biographical Dictionary of Major League Baseball Managers

by John C. Skipper

Book Overview

Earl Weaver put his best defensive players on the field early in the game rather than make late-inning defensive replacements, and he didn't like to bunt, figuring if you played for only one run that's all you'd get. Whitey Herzog, by contrast, became one of the greats by using players who could bunt and by playing for one run over and over again. Full coverage of them and 600 other major league managers over a 125 year period can be found in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786447036
• ISBN13: 9780786447039
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher