Joe Cronin : a life in baseball /

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Author / Creator:	Armour, Mark L.
Imprint:	Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2010.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 382 pages, 35 pages of plates) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Cronin, Joe, -- 1906-1984. Cronin, Joe, -- 1906-1984. American League of Professional Baseball Clubs -- Presidents -- Biography. American League of Professional Baseball Clubs. Baseball players -- United States -- Biography. Baseball player-managers -- United States -- Biography. Baseball player-managers. Baseball players. Presidents. United States. Biographies. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11213543

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ISBN:	9780803229969 0803229968 9780803225305 9780803269569 0803269560
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-364) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	From the sandlots of San Francisco to the power centers of the game, this book tells the story of Joe Cronin, one of twentieth-century baseball's major players, both on the field and off. For most of his playing career, Cronin (190684) was the best shortstop in baseball. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1956. A manager by the age of twenty-six and general manager at forty-one, Cronin was the youngest player-manager ever to play in the World Series, and he managed the Red Sox longer than any other man in history. As president of the American League, he oversaw two expansions, four franchi.
Other form:	Print version: Armour, Mark L. Joe Cronin. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2010 9780803225305

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