Comeback pitchers : the remarkable careers of Howard Ehmke and Jack Quinn /
Lyle Spatz and Steve Steinberg ; foreword by Pat Williams.
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Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1. Jack Quinn, Man of Mystery -- 2. From Town Ball to the Big Leagues -- 3. "I've Never Seen a Greater Pitcher Anywhere!" -- 4. Quinn Gets Sent Down and Brought Back Up -- 5. Howard Ehmke Hailed as Another Walter Johnson -- 6. Ehmke's Tumultuous Season Comes to an End -- 7. A Wasted Year for Howard Ehmke -- 8. Another Pitcher Joins the Outlaws -- 9. Breaking Records in Syracuse -- 10. "A Fellow to Be Reckoned With" 11. Ehmke and the Tigers Take a Step Backward -- 12. Quinn Goes to the Pacific Coast League -- 13. "The Dynamite That Finally Shattered Their Friendship" -- 14. Navy Service and a Return to Detroit -- 15. "The Greatest Comeback in Baseball" -- 16. "Not Content to Accept Fate's Decree" -- 17. Yankees Win a Championship but Quinn's Future in Doubt -- 18. "A Fellow of Gentle Soul" -- 19. Playing for Ty Cobb -- 20. Ehmke Endures a Season of Criticism -- 21. From the Pennant in New York to the Cellar in Boston -- 22. Veteran Aces on the League's Worst Team 23. Ehmke and Cobb Get Physical, and the Red Sox Get New Owners -- 24. "The Toughest Break a Pitcher Ever Had" -- 25. A New Beginning for Boston -- 26. Back to Reality for the Red Sox -- 27. A Team Going Nowhere -- 28. From the Cellar in Boston to a Pennant Race in Philadelphia -- 29. Another Baseball Obituary for Quinn and a Near Tragedy for Ehmke -- 30. Quinn Gets Off to a Strong Start, Ehmke to a Poor One -- 31. Ehmke and Quinn Reunited -- 32. Ehmke Again a Teammate of Cobb -- 33. Favorites Fall Short, Far Short -- 34. Chasing the "Greatest Team Ever" -- 35. A Torrid Pennant Race 36. A Fast Start for the A's -- 37. A Pennant for the A's at Last -- 38. "The Pitcher Who Was Left Behind May Soon Be the Hero" -- 39. Ehmke Sets World Series Record in "Surprise" Start -- 40. "I Am Sorry to Have to Let Ehmke Go" -- 41. Defending Champions -- 42. A New League, a New Role -- 43. An Extraordinary Career Comes to an End -- 44. A Full and Happy Retirement -- 45. A Sad and Bitter End -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Lyle Spatz -- About Steve Steinberg -- About Pat Williams
Comeback Pitchers is the story of two pitchers, Jack Quinn and Howard Ehmke, whose intertwining careers began in the Deadball Era and continued into the 1920s and 1930s.