Craig, Keith,

Herb Pennock : Baseball's Faultless Pitcher / Keith Craig. - Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (xiv, 300 pages, 29 unnumbered pages of plates)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Pennock's preliminary pitches -- Mack's opportunity and mistake -- Blossoming in Beantown -- The first Yankee year: From worst trade ever to World Series hero -- From personal loss to peak of his profession -- World Series wins and a waning career -- Baseball bon voyage back at Boston -- Carpenter's call -- Fixing the foundering Phillies -- Season of surprise -- Jackie Robinson's revolution and Pennock's "protest" -- Prejudice, pain, and promise -- A short season and long legacy.



9781442252202

2020739088


Pennock, Herb, 1894-1948.


Baseball players--United States--Biography.
Pitchers (Baseball)--United States--Biography.


Electronic Books.

GV865 / .H473 2016