A Biographical Dictionary of the Baseball Hall of Fame

A Biographical Dictionary of the Baseball Hall of Fame In memory of my brother, DR. JAMESK. SKIPPER, JR., who would have enjoyed the book and understood and appreciated the research it took to bring it to fruition. A Biographical Dictionary of the Baseball Hall of Fame SECONDEDITION John C. Skipper McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Jefferson, North Carolina, and London ALSOBYJOHNC. SKIPPER ANDFROMMCFARLAND Dazzy Vance: A Biography of the Brooklyn Dodger Hall of Famer (2007) Wicked Curve: The Life and Troubled Times of Grover Cleveland Alexander(2006) The Cubs Win the Pennant! Charlie Grimm, the Billy Goat Curse, and the 1945 World Series Run(2004) A Biographical Dictionary of Major League Baseball Managers (2003) Take Me Out to the Cubs Game: 35 Former Ballplayers Speak of Losing at Wrigley (2000) Umpires: Classic Baseball Stories from the Men Who Made the Calls (1997) Inside Pitch: A Closer Look at Classic Baseball Moments (1996) LIBRARYOFCONGRESSCATALOGUING-IN-PUBLICATIONDATA Skipper, John C., ¡945– A biographical dictionary of the Baseball Hall of Fame / John C. Skipper.—2nd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7864-3803-7 illustrated case binding: 50# alkaline paper ¡. Baseball players—United States—Biography—Dictionaries. 2. Baseball players—United States—Statistics. 3. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum—History. I. Title. GV865.A1S516 2008 796.357092`2—dc22 2008024177 British Library cataloguing data are available ©2008 John C. Skipper. All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. On the cover: from left William Klem, Christy Mathewson, Ty Cobb (Library of Congress); background©2008 Shutterstock Manufactured in the United States of America McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Box 6¡¡, Je›erson, North Carolina 28640 www.mcfarlandpub.com ... - tailieumienphi.vn