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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Legendary first baseman Keith Hernandez tells all in this gripping and literary memoir.
Keith Hernandez revolutionized the role of first baseman. During his illustrious career with the World Series-winning St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets, he was a perennial fan favorite, earning eleven consecutive Gold Gloves, a National League co-MVP Award, and a batting title. But it was his unique blend of intelligence, humor, and talent--not to mention...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge became a fan favorite in his rookie season with the team. This title's reader-friendly text, critical thinking questions, and bright design will attract young baseball fans.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
In 1995, Cal Ripken, Jr. succeeded in toppling baseball's most unbreakable streak of 2,130 consecutive games played. He has also won the 1982 Rookie of the Year Award, two American League MVP awards, an All-Star Game MVP award, two Gold Gloves, and a World Series title. This is the story of Junior's ascent to superstardom. What was it like playing baseball with a father as manager and a brother as a double-play combination? How did his father's firing...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
Drawing on 720 original interviews, a New York Times best-selling sportswriter captures as never before the elusive truth about the greatest athlete of all time who took the world by storm from the mid-1980s into the early 1990s--and then, almost overnight, disappeared.
6) Babe Ruth
Author
Publisher
Encyclopedia Brittancia Educational Corp. [distributor]
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
Description
A biography of the baseball player who became famous as a home run hitter for the New York Yankees.
10) Babe Ruth
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and career of George Herman Ruth, perhaps the most talented and popular player in baseball history.
Author
Publisher
Nebraska
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Making My Pitch tells the story of Ila Jane Borders, who despite formidable obstacles became a Little League prodigy, MVP of her otherwise all-male middle school and high school teams, the first woman awarded a baseball scholarship, and the first to pitch and win a complete men's collegiate game. After Mike Veeck signed Borders in May 1997 to pitch for his St. Paul Saints of the independent Northern League, she accomplished what no woman had done...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The candid autobiography of all-star pitcher "Sudden Sam" McDowell, whose alcohol-fueled life quickly and famously spiraled out of control, and his ultimate redemption as a counselor for other athletes suffering from addiction"--
Author
Series
Legends volume 1
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In this volume, Howard Bryant brings to life the best that baseball has to offer--the heroes, the bitter rivalries, the moments that every sports--loving kid should know.
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
"The legendary Willie Mays shares the inspirations and influences responsible for guiding him on and off the field in this reflective and inspirational memoir. "It's because of giants like Willie that someone like me could even think about running for President." -President Barack Obama Widely regarded as the greatest all-around player in baseball history because of his unparalleled hitting, defense and baserunning, the beloved Willie Mays offers...
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"The riveting story of four men-Larry Doby, Bill Veeck, Bob Feller, and Satchel Paige-whose improbable union on the Cleveland Indians in the late 1940s would shape the immediate postwar era of Major League Baseball and beyond. In July 1947, not even three months after Jackie Robinson debuted on the Brooklyn Dodgers, snapping the color line that had segregated Major League Baseball, Larry Doby would follow in his footsteps on the Cleveland Indians....
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