Sliding Billy Hamilton : The Life and Times of Baseball's First Great Leadoff Hitter

Kerr, Roy

McFarland & Co Inc（2009/12発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 216 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786446391
• DDC分類 B

Full Description

Billy Hamilton, whose major league career spanned 1888-1901, holds the all-time record for runs scored in a season (196 in 129 games), number of consecutive games scoring a run (24), and career runs scored per game (1.06); he shares records for most triples in a game (4) and sacrifices in a game (4); and his average of one steal every 1.74 games bests Ricky Henderson's. Despite these records, and his 1961 induction into the Hall of Fame, little has been written about him. This biography covers Hamilton's entire life, including his major league career with the Kansas City Cowboys, Philadelphia Phillies, and Boston Nationals, as well as his later career as a minor league player-manager and bench-manager, team owner, major league scout, and plant foreman. The author exclusively uses primary sources for all information dealing with Hamilton's career and personal life.

Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     

Preface     

Introduction: Billy Who?     

1. Billy Baseball     

2. Early Innings     

3. Cowboys and Ponies     

4. Boston Billy     

5. Home to Clinton     

6. Late Innings     

7. In the Country of Baseball     

Appendix A: The Hamilton Legacy     

Appendix B: Hamilton's All-Time Records     

Notes     

Bibliography     

Index