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Willie Keeler
From the Playgrounds of Brooklyn to the Hall of Fame
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2015
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Playing in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Willie Keeler is still considered one of baseball’s most accomplished batters in the history of the game. Wee Willie’s popular “Hit ‘em where they ain’t” explanation for his batting success has become part of baseball lore. He is known for his quick-thinking at the plate and for his record-setting forty-four-game hitting streak in 1897 that was not surpassed until Joe DiMaggio broke the record in 1941. In addition to being one of baseball’s most accomplished hitters, Keeler was an integral part of two memorable teams—the Baltimore Orioles of 1894-1897 and the Brooklyn Superbas of 1899-1900.
Willie Keeler: From the Playgrounds of Brooklyn to the Hall of Fame recounts the life of this talented yet often overlooked ballplayer. It follows Keeler from his birth in 1872 in Brooklyn to his death in 1923. His unique story includes a career that was almost evenly split between the rough and “dirty” National League of the 1890s and the new, more disciplined American League of the early twentieth century. Each part of this book examines a key stage of Keeler’s life and career: his childhood and teenage years; his career with the Baltimore Orioles; his years with the Brooklyn Superbas; his time with the New York Yankees; and his life after baseball.
Featuring several rare photographs, many of which have not been seen in more than a hundred years, Willie Keeler provides an in-depth look into the life of an undersized ballplayer who forged a big career. Baseball fans, scholars, and historians alike will find this book both informative and entertaining.
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Copyright year
2015
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-4653-9
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-4654-6
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
356
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
List of Illustrations No access
Introduction No access
1 Willie Keeler in American Culture No access
2 A Brooklyn Boyhood No access
3 Reaching the Big League No access
4 A Dynasty Begins to Take Shape No access
5 It’s a Whole New Game They’re Playing No access
6 The Game of the Nineties Was Just Ugly No access
7 And Now We Have the Best Baseball Club No access
8 Another Pennant Won, Another Temple Cup Lost No access
9 A Clean Sweep No access
10 The Streak No access
11 Good vs. Evil No access
12 The Most Valuable Player in the Profession No access
13 Baltimore Had a Good Team and a Lousy Market No access
14 Hanlon’s Superbas No access
15 The League Shrinks, but Brooklyn Remains on Top No access
16 Winning the Chronicle Cup No access
17 Keep Your Eye Clear and Hit ’Em Where They Ain’t No access
18 Will Willie Stay, or Will Willie Go? No access
19 I Am in Baseball for All I Can Get Out of It No access
20 Crossing Brooklyn Bridge No access
21 A Disappointing First Season in New York No access
22 The Yankees Pursue Their First Pennant No access
23 The Wild Pitch No access
24 The Yankees Struggle through an Injury-Marred Season No access
25 Willie Keeler and Ty Cobb No access
26 Keeler Has His Last Good Season No access
27 A Last Hurrah in Baltimore No access
28 Willie Keeler’s Work Has Been Unsatisfactory No access
29 Boys, I Guess My Time Has Come No access
30 Keeler’s Playing Career Comes to an End No access
31 We’re Not All Lucky No access
32 The World Might Have Used Him Better Than It Has No access
