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Pete Rose A Biography
David Jordan
ISBN: 0-313-32875-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-32875-6
208 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 9/30/2004
List Price: $31.95 (UK Sterling Price: £22.95)
Discount Price: $15.98 Sale Price for U.S. Customers Only. Save 50%. Ends 12/31/2009.
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: Pete Rose is baseball's Hit King, the Major Leagues' all-time leader in career hits. But some fans consider his off-the-field actions a black mark on the sport. Major League Baseball's investigations into Rose's gambling led to his lifetime banishment from the game—which, in turn, has barred him from otherwise—certain induction into the Hall of Fame. Rose brought to the sport an unparalleled drive to succeed. Now, people from every part of society debate the nature of his legacy. Baseball author David Jordan presents an even-handed look at Rose's life, career, and post-baseball life, and lets the reader decide for him- or herself.

It has been said that hitting a baseball is the hardest thing in professional sports. Baseball's All-Time Greatest Hitters presents biographies on Greenwood's selection for the 12 best hitters in Major League history, written by some of today's best baseball authors. These books present straightforward stories in accessible language for the high school researcher and the general reader alike. Each volume includes a timeline, bibliography, and index. In addition, each volume includes a Making of a Legend chapter that analyses the evolution of the player's fame and (in some cases) infamy.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword
    Acknowledgments
    Chronology of Pete Rose's Life and Career
    The River Rat from Anderson Ferry
    On the Way Up
    Rose as a Rookie
    Established Star
    Batting Champ
    A Spark for Cincinatti
    Putting It Together
    Cream of the Crop
    The Big Red Machine
    End of the Line in Cincinatti
    To the Phillies
    On Top Again
    Chasing Musial...and Cobb
    Return to Cincinatti
    Trouble
    Pete's Downfall
    The Hit King
    Appendix: Pete Rose's Career and World Series Statistics
    Bibliography
About the Author: DAVID JORDAN is president of the Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society and also lectures frequently on both baseball and the Civil War. He is the author of Occasional Glory: The History of the Philadelphia Phillies, The Athletics of Philadelphia: Connie Mack's White Elephants, 1901-1954, and A Tiger in His Time: Hal Newhouser and the Burden of Wartime Baseball.
LCC Class: 796
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