Schoolboy: The Untold Journey of a Yankees Hero

by Tim Manners and Waite Hoyt

Book Overview

Waite "Schoolboy" Hoyt's improbable baseball journey began when the 1915 New York Giants signed him as a high school junior, for no pay and a five-dollar bonus. After nearly having both his hands amputated and cavorting with men twice his age in the hardscrabble Minor Leagues, he somehow ended up the best pitcher for the New York Yankees in the 1920s.

Based on a trove of Hoyt's writings and interview transcripts, Tim Manners has reanimated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496236793
• ISBN13: 9781496236791
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.7" x 8.7"