Baseball's Great Hispanic Pitchers - Lou Hernández

Baseball's Great Hispanic Pitchers

Seventeen Aces from the Major, Negro and Latin American Leagues

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
316 Seiten
2014
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-7975-7 (ISBN)
27,40 inkl. MwSt
Baseball has had many outstanding Latin American pitchers since the early 20th century. This book profiles the greatest Hispanic hurlers to toe the rubber from the mounds of the major leagues, winter leagues and Negro leagues. The careers of the top major league pitchers to come from Central and South America and the Caribbean are examined in decade-by-decade portrayals, culminating with an all-time ranking by the author. The grand exploits of these athletes backdrop the evolving pitching eras of the game, from the macho, complete-game period that existed for the majority of the last century to the financially-driven, pitch-count sensitive culture that dominates baseball thinking today.

Lou Hernández is the author of several baseball histories and biographies. He resides in South Florida.

Table of Contents


Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

Part I: Outside the Major Leagues

1. The Negro Leagues: Ramón Bragaña, Martín Dihigo

2. The Latin American Leagues: Ramón Arano, Rubén Gómez, Orlando Hernández, Juan Pizarro

Part II: The Major Leagues

3. The 1920s and 1930s—Adolfo Luque

4. The 1950s—Camilo Pascual

5. The 1960s—Juan Marichal, Luis Tiant

6. The 1970s—Mike Cuéllar, Dennis Martínez

7. The 1980s—Fernando Valenzuela

8. The 1990s—Pedro Martínez

9. The 2000s and 2010s—Mariano Rivera, Johan Santana, Félix Hernández

Appendix: Rankings for the ­All-Time Great Hispanic Pitchers

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 31.3.2015
Zusatzinfo 35 photos, appendix, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort Jefferson, NC
Sprache englisch
Maße 178 x 254 mm
Gewicht 544 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport Ballsport
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Kulturgeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
Weitere Fachgebiete Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10 0-7864-7975-2 / 0786479752
ISBN-13 978-0-7864-7975-7 / 9780786479757
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