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Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Yogi Berra is one of the most popular former athletes in American history and the most quoted American since Abraham Lincoln. Part comedian, part feisty competitor, Berra is also the winningest player in baseball history, with fourteen pennants, ten World Series, and three MVPs. In this revelatory biography, Allen Barra presents Yogi's remarkable life as never seen before, from his childhood in "Dago Hill," the Italian-American neighborhood in St....
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The definitive account of the life and tragic death of baseball legend Lou Gehrig. Lou Gehrig was a baseball legend - the Iron Horse, the stoic New York Yankee who was the greatest first baseman in history, a man whose consecutive-games streak was ended by a horrible disease that now bears his name. But as this definitive new biography makes clear, Gehrig's life was more complicated - and, perhaps, even more heroic - than anyone really knew. Drawing...
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Baseball Heroes is the first book in the middle grade nonfiction series Good Sports, about the inspiring life stories of major league athletes who have overcome obstacles in the course of their life and careers. Each book tells the stories of athletes who have encountered and overcome significant obstacles, and whose story exemplifies character and nerve in the face of adversity. Baseball Heroes highlights players who were among the first to break...
9) Ty Cobb
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
10) Andruw Jones
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Biography of Andruw Jones, the Caribbean baseball player who hit two home runs during his first world series.
11) Nolan Ryan
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the pitcher with the famous fastball who leads in no-hitters and strikeouts.
13) Hank Aaron
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
[1992]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A biography of Hall of Fame baseball player Hank Aaron, who broke Babe Ruth's career home run record.
15) Joe DiMaggio
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
A biography of the baseball legend who hit safely in fifty-six games during the 1941 season.
16) Babe Ruth
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
[1991]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and career of George Herman Ruth, perhaps the most talented and popular player in baseball history.
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