Baseball's Great Tragedy; The Story of Carl Mays Submarine Pttcher
by Bob McGarigle
- Used
- Condition
- very good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0682474509
- ISBN 13
- 9780682474504
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Exposition Banner, 1972. First edition. Hard Cover. very good/very good. There is some toning to gutters of both front and rear. Otherwise, a very nice copy in a lightly chipped dust jacket. On August 16, 1920, Mays accidentally struck Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians with a pitch. Chapman died the following morning. Many fans and players demanded Mays be banished from baseball. "Nobody, it seems, ever remembers anything about me except one thing- that a pitch I threw caused a man to die". Carl Mays.
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- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48577
- Title
- Baseball's Great Tragedy; The Story of Carl Mays Submarine Pttcher
- Author
- Bob McGarigle
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good/very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0682474509
- ISBN 13
- 9780682474504
- Publisher
- Exposition Banner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports;
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