The Pirates Unraveled: Pittsburgh's 1926 Season

by Angelo J. Louisa

With virtually the same personnel that had won both the National League pennant and the World Series the previous season, the 1926 Pittsburgh Pirates were favored by the majority of preseason prognosticators to capture the pennant for the second year in a row. But they finished in third place, four and a half games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

That failure has largely been attributed to the alleged dissension caused by the presence of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786470704
• ISBN13: 9780786470709
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher