Addie Joss on Baseball: Collected Newspaper Columns and World Series Reports, 1907-1909

by Gary Mitchem, Rich Blevins, Addie Joss

Addie Joss (1880-1911) mowed down batters for the Cleveland Broncos/Naps from 1902 to 1910 before his career was cut short by his tragic death from tubercular meningitis in 1911. With a career ERA of 1.89 and two no-hitters, Joss earned Hall of Fame election despite a career that lasted less than ten years, the only player to do so. In the off-season, Joss also excelled as a sportswriter for the Toledo News-Bee and the Cleveland Press , filling the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786463562
• ISBN13: 9780786463565
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 349 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher