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Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945, Fred Clarke began his career in 1894 with a record day at the plate, going 5 for 5. He would go on to play for 21 years spending most of that time as the player-manager of the Pirates, a team he led to four pennants and one World Series Championship (1909).
Ronald T. Waldo, a member of the Society for American Baseball Research, lives in Pittsburgh. His articles have appeared in Pittsburgh Pride Magazine and Sports Collectors Digest, and he is the author of several books on baseball history.
Table of ContentsPreface1. A Fall Day in Winterset2. Two Passions Are Born3. Fearless Youngster4. The Original Boy Wonder Manager5. Goodbye Louisville, Hello Pittsburgh6. Pennant Flag Hangs from Corsair Craft7. Pittsburgh Repeats in Spite of Johnson’s Treachery8. Historic Battle with an Old Friend9. Clarke Trades Proven Performers to Improve Team10. Twenty-Nine Game Loser Becomes Staff Ace11. Pirates Come Close During Great Race12. Championship Glory13. Clarke Betrayed by Pittsburgh Fans14. Marty O’Toole’s Three-Ring Circus15. A Great Career Winds Down16. Can’t Get Baseball Out of His Blood17. A Full Life After BaseballAppendix: Fred Clarke’s Career StatisticsChapter NotesBibliographyIndex
“Waldo has helped to fill gap with this first full-length biography. Waldo does an excellent job of bringing Clarke the player to life”—The Inside Game (SABR Deadball Era Committee Newsletter).
