By Jim Sargent Yesterday's Tiger Heroes (1st First Edition) [Paperback]

Yesterday’s Tiger Heroes is a history of the Detroit Tigers and the ball club’s players, from All-Stars like Al Kaline and Harvey Kuenn to unsung heroes like Wayne Belardi and Buddy Hicks, in the 1956 major league season. Readers who grew up during the 1950s will remember these major leaguers from newspaper and magazine stories and baseball cards, and fans from later years will enjoy the feats of this classic Detroit team and its struggle to rise into the first division against the American League’s best teams, notably the New York Yankees. The book features profiles of well-known and lesser known Tigers, ranging from Kaline and Kuenn to Charlie Maxwell, who enjoyed a breakout season in 1956, Ray Boone, the two-time All-Star, to center fielder Bill Tuttle, second baseman Frank Bolling, catchers Frank House and Red Wilson, and pitchers like Frank Lary, Billy Hoeft, Paul Foytack, Al Aber, and Bob Miller. The Tigers, although finishing in fifth place for the second straight year, fashioned the only winning record against the World Series-bound Yankees (12-10), produced the league’s best record for the second half of the season (48-30), and finished with an overall mark of 82-72, three wins more than the 1955 Tigers recorded when Kaline won his only batting championship with a .340 average. Readers will learn what baseball meant in the 1950s, see the triumphs and turmoil of the most famous professional sports team in Michigan, and glimpse why so many kids grew up imagining themselves as one day playing for the Tigers, or, on the sandlots, “being” Kaline, or Maxwell, or rookie Jim Small, and connecting for a big hit or a home run at storied Briggs Stadium.
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Author/Artist:Jim Sargent
Binding: Paperback
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