Ballplayers in the Great War: Newspaper Accounts of Major Leaguers in World War I Military Service

by Jim Leeke (Compiler), Gary Mitchem (Editor), Mark Durr (Editor)

Overview

This volume presents carefully selected, and annotated, articles about major-leaguers serving at home and overseas in the U.S. armed forces during World War I. Some continued to play ball in the military. Others fought the Germans in the trenches, in the air and at sea. Several lost their lives in combat or to disease. A few became heroes. From future Hall of Famers to journeymen and unknowns, each did his duty.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476603643
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	06/06/2013
Series:	The McFarland Historical Baseball Library , #14
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	268
File size:	11 MB
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Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Author and editor Jim Leeke is a contributor to the SABR Baseball Biography Project and the creative director of Taillight Communications. He lives in Columbus, Ohio.
Author and editor Jim Leeke is a contributor to the SABR Baseball Biography Project and the creative director of Taillight Communications. He lives in Columbus, Ohio.
Gary Mitchem is senior editor at McFarland and a member of SABR.
Mark Durr is senior cover designer at McFarland and a member of SABR.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface
 1. Taking the Field
 2. Starting Battery
 3. Fast Nines
 4. Soldiers
 5. Sailors
 6. Marines
 7. Aviators
 8. Gas and Flame
 9. Officers and Gentlemen
10. The King’s Game
Biographical Notes on Selected Major Leaguers
Sources
Index

Editorial Reviews

One of the best but least-heralded developments in the recent history of baseball literature was the inauguration of the McFarland Historical Baseball Library in 2003”—Spitball; “invaluable McFarland Historical Baseball Library series”—Edward Achorn, The Providence Journal; “Using…primary sources, Leeke shows how the war had a powerful impact on the game of baseball, causing the 1918 season to end early and leading 64 percent of National League players to go on active duty…. The book is a worthy addition to the McFarland Historical Baseball Library series.”—H-NET Reviews.

From the Publisher

"Using...primary sources, Leeke shows how the war had a powerful impact on the game of baseball, causing the 1918 season to end early and leading 64 percent of National League players to go on active duty.... The book is a worthy addition to the McFarland Historical Baseball Library series."

H-NET Reviews

invaluable McFarland Historical Baseball Library series

The Providence Journal - Edward Achorn