Eddie Collins: A Baseball Biography

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In what is sure to be the definitive book on Eddie Collins's life and long career, author Rick Huhn covers the Hall of Fame player's experiences from childhood through his days at Columbia University; his tenure with the great Athletics clubs of 1906-1914, the highs and lows of a championship and scandal with the White Sox, and his return to the A's during their final run at greatness. By the time his 25-year playing career had ended, he had been a pivotal performer on five all-time great clubs, dominated his ...
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Overview

In what is sure to be the definitive book on Eddie Collins's life and long career, author Rick Huhn covers the Hall of Fame player's experiences from childhood through his days at Columbia University; his tenure with the great Athletics clubs of 1906-1914, the highs and lows of a championship and scandal with the White Sox, and his return to the A's during their final run at greatness. By the time his 25-year playing career had ended, he had been a pivotal performer on five all-time great clubs, dominated his position like no one before (or since), and earned a reputation for intelligent, selfless play that followed him to Cooperstown.
Also covered in detail is his tenure with the Boston Red Sox, a team he served variously as part owner, vice-president and general manager until 1951, when after 45 years in major league baseball a stroke effectively ended his career and, weeks later, his life.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780786432875
  • Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
  • Publication date: 1/14/2008
  • Pages: 376
  • Product dimensions: 6.99 (w) x 9.90 (h) x 0.86 (d)

Meet the Author

Rick Huhn, a member of the Society for American Baseball Research, is also the author of The Sizzler: George Sisler, Baseball's Forgotten Great. He lives in Westerville, Ohio.
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     vii
Introduction     1
Prologue     5
Family Ties     9
Columbia's Finest     15
Summer Job     27
Meeting Mr. Mack     37
A Baseball Education     42
Yannigan No More     52
Signature Season     65
{dollar}100,000 Infield     77
Keystone King     92
Switching Sides     112
War Clubs     131
Sour Series     149
Clean Sox     166
Trials and Tribulations     184
Trade Talk     196
Leader at Last     215
Hot Seat     229
A's Redux     243
On the Line     255
Junior Executive     270
Building Blocks     283
Missed Opportunities     294
Parting Shots     308
Transcript of Eddie Collins' Statement to Leslie N. O'Connor, Chicago, February 19, 1921     319
Eddie Collins' Career Statistics (as Player and Manager)     325
Chapter Notes     333
Bibliography     347
Index     355
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