Lefty Grove
Author | : Jim Kaplan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2000 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015049673182 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Download or read book Lefty Grove written by Jim Kaplan and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lefty Grove may have been baseball’s best pitcher. He was certainly one of its most interesting. A three-hundred-game winner during 1925–41, he captured an unmatched nine ERA and five winning-percentage titles. While starring for the Philadelphia Athletics he was known for “a fastball and a mean disposition,” qualities best exemplified in 1931, when he won thirty-one games and wrecked a clubhouse. Grove finished his career with the Boston Red Sox, where he injured his arm and reconstructed himself as a fabulous control artist.