Dixie Walker of the Dodgers the People's Choice
Fred "Dixie" Walker was a gifted ballplayer from a family of gifted athletes. (His father, uncle, and brother all played major league baseball.) Dixie Walker played in the majors for 18 seasons and in 1,905 games, assembling a career batting average of .306 while playing for the Yankees, W...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press
2010.
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Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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Sumario: | Fred "Dixie" Walker was a gifted ballplayer from a family of gifted athletes. (His father, uncle, and brother all played major league baseball.) Dixie Walker played in the majors for 18 seasons and in 1,905 games, assembling a career batting average of .306 while playing for the Yankees, White Sox, Tigers, Dodgers, and Pirates. Walker won the 1944 National League batting title, was three times an All-Star, and was runner-up for Most Valuable Player in the National League in 1946. He was particularly beloved by Brooklyn Dodgers fans, to whom he was the "People's Choice." But few remember any of. |
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Descripción Física: | 289 p. |
Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780817383589 |