Grimes spent more than half a century in professional baseball as a player, manager, coach and scout. This biography covers all aspects of his life, from his childhood in Clear Lake, Wisconsin, to his twilight years in that same town. In between are World Series highs and lows, brawls, five marriages, a near-death experience and 270 major league victories.
Grimes spent more than half a century in professional baseball as a player, manager, coach and scout. This biography covers all aspects of his life, from his childhood in Clear Lake, Wisconsin, to his twilight years in that same town. In between are World Series highs and lows, brawls, five marriages, a near-death experience and 270 major league victories.
Burleigh Grimes: Baseball's Last Legal Spitballer
244Burleigh Grimes: Baseball's Last Legal Spitballer
244Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780786473281 |
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Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |
Publication date: | 05/06/2013 |
Pages: | 244 |
Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |