Hal Trosky: A Baseball Biography

by William H Johnson and William H. Johnson

Hal Trosky played first base (and was team captain) for the Cleveland Indians during the Great Depression. His career stretched from the heyday of Babe Ruth through the end of World War II. It was a time when the American League had perhaps the three greatest ever first basemen--Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx and Hank Greenberg--whose feats consigned Trosky to the footnotes of history. Yet at his peak he played comparably to other pros, leading the American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476666458
• ISBN13: 9781476666457
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher