Big Cat: The Life of Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Mize

by Jerry Grillo

Johnny Mize was one of the greatest hitters in baseball's golden age of great hitters. Born and raised in tiny Demorest, Georgia, in the northeast Georgia mountains, Mize emerged from the heart of Dixie as a Bunyonesque slugger, a quiet but sharp-witted man from a broken home who became a professional player at seventeen, embarking on an extended tour of the expansive St. Louis Cardinals Minor League system.

Mize then spent fifteen seasons...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496235444
• ISBN13: 9781496235442
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.7" x 8.6"