Eddie Collins: A Baseball Biography

A biography of Eddie Collins, one of baseball's most consistently good batters, its best bunter and hit-and-run man, one of its craftiest base runners and finest defensive second basemen. It tells how, during his career, he was repeatedly referred to as the game's smartest player, both on and off the field.

In 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.

• | Author: Rick Huhn
• | Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
• | Publication Date: Jan 28, 2008
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780786432875
• | ISBN-10: 078643287X