The Boston Red Sox
by Frederick G. Lieb
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
E-371. Good. Second Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. 1947. 257 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. Second Printing. Ex-library item with library stamp present to the top edge of the text block. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities. Endpapers are soiled and scuffed. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Through their triumphs and downfalls, no major league club has had a more colorful history than the Boston Red Sox. Originally published in 1947 as part of G. P. Putnams Sons fifteen legendary major league team histories, and aided by twenty-seven photographs of legendary players, Frederick G. Liebs The Boston Red Sox chronicles the clubs early years from its founding as the Pilgrims in 1901 through the 1946 season. In the American Leagues infancy, Boston was a city of champions, winning pennants in 1903, 1904, 1912, 1915, 1916, and 1918. In 1903, the underdog Red Sox, still the Pilgrims at that time, prevailed against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first World Series, and went on to garner the title of World Champions five more times by 1918. These were the prosperous years when the roster included such luminaries as Babe Ruth, Tris Speaker, Duffy Lewis, Harry Hooper, and Cy Young. Jimmy Collins was the clubs first manager, while such players as Bill Dinneen, Buck Freeman, Lou Criger, and Patsy Dougherty added to Bostons rich baseball heritage. But glory proved fleeting in Boston. Following Ed Barrows World Series championship of 1918, the Red Sox twice changed ownership, lost star players to the wealthy Yankees in the process, and finished in the cellar nine out of eleven years from 1922 to 1932. New hope came when multimillionaire Tom Yawkey purchased the Red Sox in 1933. Through the costly additions of such stars as Joe Cronin, Lefty Grove, and Wes Ferrell, Yawkey restored the club to the first division. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Title
- The Boston Red Sox
- Author
- Frederick G. Lieb
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Place of Publication
- E-371
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