Charles C. Alexander Biography

The twenty-two-year career of probably the best centerfielder ever to play the position is chronicled in Charles C. Alexander's fact-filled biography of Tris Speaker. It follows the colorful baseball player through his years with the Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, and Philadelphia Athletics, as well as his later years as a professional baseball manager and promoter. Alexander delves into the highs and lows of Speaker's illustrious career, including his bitter contract dispute with the Red Sox in 1915, the death of his close friend Ray Chapman from a pitched ball in 1920, and the game-fixing scandal in which Speaker and Ty Cobb found themselves late in their careers. Despite the fact that Speaker was a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame's first induction class in 1939, had a lifetime.345 batting average, and had more doubles than anybody in baseball history, he is not as well-known today as Ty Cobb or Babe Ruth, who were Speaker's peers. Speaker, a fierce competitor and a hugely popular character in his day, ought to be better known, according to renowned baseball historian Alexander. Alexander recounts not just every crucial big league game in which Speaker appeared, but also the careers of his teammates and opponents, as well as the state of baseball at the time and how it developed in relation to the greater world. In Charles C. Alexander's balanced biography of one of baseball's greats, Tris Speaker's legacy gains fresh sparkle.

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