Eddie Collins: A Baseball BiographyIn what is sure to be the definitive book on Eddie Collins's life and long career, author Rick Huhn covers the Hall of Fame player's experiences from childhood through his days at Columbia University, his tenure with the great Athletics clubs of 1906-1914, the highs and lows of a championship and scandal with the White Sox, and his return to the A's during their final run at greatness. By the time his 25-year playing career had ended, he was a pivotal performer on five all-time great clubs, dominating his position like no one before (or since), and earning a reputation for intelligent, selfless play that followed him to Cooperstown. Also covered in detail is his tenure with the Boston Red Sox, a team he served variously as part owner, vice-president and general manager until 1951, when after 45 years in major league baseball a stroke ended his career and, weeks later, his life. |
Contents
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Columbias Finest | 15 |
Summer Job | 27 |
Meeting Mr Mack | 37 |
A Baseball Education | 42 |
Yannigan No More | 52 |
Clean Sox | 166 |
Trials and Tribulations | 184 |
Trade Talk | 196 |
Leader at Last | 215 |
Hot Seat | 229 |
As Redux | 243 |
On the Line | 255 |
Junior Executive | 270 |
Signature Season | 65 |
00000 Infield | 77 |
Keystone King | 92 |
Switching Sides | 112 |
War Clubs | 131 |
Sour Series | 149 |
Building Blocks | 283 |
Parting Shots | 308 |
Eddie Collins Career Statistics | 325 |
Bibliography | 347 |