The Pittsburgh Pirates All-Time All-Stars: The Best Players at Each Position for the Bucs

by David Finoli author of The 50 Greatest Players in Pittsburgh Pirates History

Overview

Let’s say you’re the manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, deciding which players should start in Game 7 of the World Series against the American League champs. But instead of choosing from the current roster, you have every player in the team’s 131-year history in your clubhouse. Who’s your starting pitcher: lefty John Candelaria, steady Bert Blyleven, Cy Young winner Doug Drabek, or crafty Rip Sewell? Who bats cleanup—hitting-machine Honus Wagner, home-run champ Ralph Kiner, Willie “Pops” Stargell, or the hugely talented Barry Bonds? Combining career stats, common sense, and a host of intangibles, veteran sportswriter Dave Finoli imagines an embarrassment of riches and sets the all-time All-Star Pirates lineup for the ages.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493043606
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	02/24/2020
Series:	All-Time All-Stars
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	665,909
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

David Finoli is a sports historian and author whose many books include The Pittsburgh Pirates Encyclopedia (2003), The Pittsburgh Pirates (2005), Classic Bucs: The 50 Greatest Games in Pittsburgh Pirates History (2013), and Classic Steelers: The 50 Greatest Games in Pittsburgh Steeler History (2014), and Pirates by the Numbers: A Complete History of the Bucs by Uniform Number (2016). Finoli has also contributed to Pittsburgh Magazine and BaseballDigest.com, among others. He has been a member of the Society for American Baseball Research since 1999.