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Kid Gleason: A Baseball Life Beyond the Black Sox

Kid Gleason: A Baseball Life Beyond the Black Sox

Baker, Dirk

Paperback

AthletesBaseball & Softball

PREORDER - Expected ship date January 21, 2027

ISBN10: 1476699097
ISBN13: 9781476699097
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Jan 21 2027
Pages: 323
Height: 0.65 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English

Though he's remembered today primarily as the ill-fated skipper of the Black Sox, William Kid Gleason proved successful in just about every role he played over a long major league career. He got his start as a workhorse pitcher, logging more than 1,700 innings over four seasons with Philadelphia and St. Louis. Gleason then made the switch to full-time middle infielder, contributing with his bat to the Baltimore Orioles' back-to-back pennant-winning teams of the mid-1890s before moving on to New York and becoming the Giants' team captain. After a stop in Detroit and a stint as a popular player-coach in his return to Philadelphia, Gleason became a scout, a coach, and, in 1919, manager of a talented Chicago club that swept through the regular season only to throw the World Series. Though the scandal ultimately cost him his post, Gleason returned to baseball as a championship-winning coach for Connie Mack's Philadelphia A's. This detailed biography covers all facets of a career that spanned 43 years.

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