Billy Southworth: A Biography of the Hall of Fame Manager and Ballplayer

by John C. Skipper

Billy Southworth was the most successful major league baseball manager of the 1940s including the three straight years in which his St. Louis Cardinal teams won more than 100 games. He won three National League pennants with the Cardinals and one with the Boston Braves, and his .597 winning percentage is the fifth highest in baseball history. But Southworth was dogged by demons off the field, including the deaths of three children. On the field,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786468475
• ISBN13: 9780786468478
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher