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Hal Trosky played first base (and was team captain) for the Cleveland Indians during the Great Depression. His career stretched from the heyday of Babe Ruth through the end of World War II. It was a time when the American League had perhaps the three greatest ever first basemen--Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx and Hank Greenberg--whose feats consigned Trosky to the footnotes of history. Yet at his peak he played comparably to other pros, leading the American League in RBIs in 1936.
Trosky left baseball at 34, his career cut short by migraine headaches, and was elected to the Indians' All-Time team in 1969. Drawing on family archives and exhaustive research, this first ever biography covers his early years in Iowa, his Major League career and his post-baseball life.
Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Baseball Beginnings
2. Welcome to Cleveland
3. Rookie
4. Sophomore Slump
5. At the Apex
6. Years of Stability
7. Disaster
8. Cleveland Sunset
9. White Sox Years
Appendix: Trosky's Memorable Games
Trosky Meets the Babe—September 17, 1933
Trosky's First Big Game—May 30, 1934
Trosky Switches Sides—September 15, 1935
Nine Consecutive Hits—September 13-16, 1936
Playing for the Pennant—September 27, 1940
Trosky's Final Game—September 27, 1946
Career Statistics
A Note on Sources
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
