Baseball S Retired Numbers

The retiring of a number to honor a player likely began with the New York Yankees. The Yankees were not the first team to experiment with numbers on uniforms to identify players, but they were the first to wear numbers permanently and retired Lou Gehrig's number 4 in 1939. This book covers retired numbers in baseball's major and minor leagues. In the major league section of the book, a player's name is followed by his retired number, the name of the team that retired it, the year that it was retired, the player's primary position, and the teams he was affiliated with during his playing career. The author then presents a brief summary of the player's career and lists any major awards or honors he won. Retiring numbers in the minor leagues is a bit different; a player who excels in the minors isn't usually with a team for long because he is promoted to the majors. In the minor league section, a player's name is followed by a brief summary of his significance. After both the major and minor league sections, readers will find team-by-team and numerical lists of honored players.

The Baseball Stadium Insideris the essential companion to your ballpark experience. Inside, you'll discover the features, facts, and figures that make each stadium unique. From the saltwater tank filled with live cow-nosed rays at Tropicana Field in Tampa Bay to the Ferris wheel and carousel at Comerica Park in Detroit, exciting details await you with every turn of the page. This comprehensive ballpark guide will appeal not only to fanatics of America's pastime, but novice baseball admirers as well. Have you ever been to a game and wondered about the retired numbers adorning the outfield wall? Wonder no more—The Baseball Stadium Insider explains what each of these great ballplayers did to become baseball legends. Finally, all of the incredible games that have etched themselves into baseball history over the decades are represented. Who could ever forget Game 6 of the 1975 World Series when Boston's Carlton Fisk hit his famous extra-inning home run off Fenway's left field foul pole? Or when the Cleveland Indians, down 14–2 in the seventh inning, staged one of the greatest comebacks in baseball history to defeat the Seattle Mariners? So go ahead, take yourself out to the ballgame and get to know the cathedrals of baseball.

1, 2, 6, 9 are the first four of the ten numbers permanently retired by the St. Louis Cardinals. 1, 2, 6, 9& Rogers is the first book dedicated solely to these outstanding players (and one owner), some of the all-time greats of the game.Rogers Hornsby The first great Cardinal who played before they wore numbers1-Ozzie Smith The greatest shortstop ever and the favorite of a generation2-Red Schoendienst 50 years of service as a player, coach, and manager6-Stan Musial The Man says it all, simply the best ever9-Enos Slaughter He epitomized all-out hustle all the time14-Kenny Boyer The Captain, a true leader on and off the field17-Dizzy Dean One its wildest characters of the Gashouse Gang20-Lou Brock The teams all-time base stealer and 15-year leadoff batter45-Bob Gibson By far the greatest Cardinal pitcher85-Gussie Busch Beloved owner of the team for 37 years42-Jackie Robinson Every team retired the #42 of the man who broke the color barrier1, 2, 6, 9 offers in-depth profiles of these baseball immortals, including little-known information about their pre- and post-Cardinal experiences. Each chapter if full of anecdotes, quotes, and statistics that show just how great these men were. Just as these players are in every Cardinal fans heart, this book should be on every Cardinal fans shelf.

This story is so much more than just numbers, it has everything a diehard Indian's fan needs to know! This book gives in depth detail of the players Hall of Fame careers and the path that got them into the league. Where they grew up, their life before baseball and how they got started with the Tribe. - Vince McKee, CEO & Founder KEE On Sports Generations of Cleveland baseball fans, when entering the home of the Indians gaze at upper deck corner of right field and see the names and numbers of immortalized Cleveland Indians greats: Feller 19; Boudreau 5; Averill 3; Lemon 21; Thome 25; Doby 14; Robinson 20; Harder 18; and The Fans 455. This book gives an overview of the stories behind the names and jersey numbers immortalized in Cleveland Indians history; their accomplishments on and off the field and the facts that tell the narrative of their inspiring play. In addition to those who played on the field for the Indians, there are two numbers of enduring fame also displayed for all fans to see. Get the facts about the legends of the game of Cleveland Indian's Baseball.

The most entertaining and comprehensive guide to every baseball fan’s dream road trip—including every new ballpark since the 2004 edition—revised and completely updated!

The most entertaining and comprehensive guide to every baseball fan’s dream road trip—including every new ballpark since the 2004 edition—revised and completely updated!

The Indiana State University Conference on Baseball in Literature and American Culture has consistently produced a strong body of scholarship since its inception in 1995. Eighteen essays presented at the 2004 and 2005 ISU conferences are published in this work. In "Baseball is a Place: Reflections On Building a Baseball Novel," novelist Mick Cochrane discusses writing a baseball novel, using his 2002 novel Sport to exemplify the process. Tracy Collins, in "Women, American Society, and Baseball Literature in the High Cannon," examines the ways in which canonical baseball novels are obliged to exclude women. In "'A Grim Harvest': Baseball's Changing of the Guard, 1931," Steve Gietschier shows baseball progressing from the tenuous agreements of the early modern era to become a stable urban business ready to take on the challenges of the mid-century. Joan Thomas's "Baseball and America, a Timeless Love Story" muses on the ways in which fans' relationship with baseball is like that of the lover to the beloved, irrational, forgiving, even maddening but always total. Fourteen other essays on the literature and culture of the game take on topics that include Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige, August Wilson's Fences, baseball's long connection with presidents, its even longer connection with tobacco, and the virtue of cheering Chicago's Cubs.