Johnny Antonelli: A Baseball Memoir

by Scott Pitoniak and Johnny Antonelli

Book Overview

One of only 17 major-league players never to have spent a single day in the minors, Johnny Antonelli was a highly coveted phenom who signed a "bonus baby" contract with the Boston Braves for $52,000 a few days after graduating from Rochester's Jefferson High School in 1948. It wasn't until six years later, when he was traded to the New York Giants, that the stylish left-hander began realizing the potential the scouts had seen in him. In a seven-year...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933360615
• ISBN13: 9781933360614
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"