Joe Cronin: A Life in Baseball

by Mark Armour

Book Overview

From the sandlots of San Francisco to the power centers of baseball, this book tells the story of Joe Cronin, one of twentieth-century baseball's major players, both on the field and off.
For most of his playing career, Cronin (1906-84) was the best shortstop in baseball. Elected to the Hall of Fame in 1956, he was a manager by the age of twenty-six and a general manager at forty-one. He was the youngest player-manager ever to play in the World...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080322530X
• ISBN13: 9780803225305
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"