Martin Donell Kohout is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and has written several articles on Hal Chase. He lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

“well-written and exhaustively researched”—Elysian Fields Quarterly; “well-written and exhaustively-researched...attention to detail is commendable”—SABR Deadball Committee Newsletter; “well written…extensively researched, exhaustively indexed, with rigorous bibliography and footnote sections...the definitive biography”—Spitball; “chronicles all the rumors and evidence...exhaustive look not only of Chase but the entire baseball world”—Sports Collectors Digest; “an excellent biography...author leaves few stones unturned”—The Journal of Arizona History; “thoroughly researched and intelligently written...terrific...essential”—Aethlon; “Hal Chase was generally acknowledged by his contemporaries to be the greatest fielding first baseman who ever played in the big leagues. He has also been an object of mystery and a suspect in one scandal after another. This is a fascinating biography of a strange and elusive anti-hero.”—Lawrence Ritter.

Martin Donell Kohout is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and has written several articles on Hal Chase. He lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

“well-written and exhaustively researched”—Elysian Fields Quarterly; “well-written and exhaustively-researched...attention to detail is commendable”—SABR Deadball Committee Newsletter; “well written…extensively researched, exhaustively indexed, with rigorous bibliography and footnote sections...the definitive biography”—Spitball; “chronicles all the rumors and evidence...exhaustive look not only of Chase but the entire baseball world”—Sports Collectors Digest; “an excellent biography...author leaves few stones unturned”—The Journal of Arizona History; “thoroughly researched and intelligently written...terrific...essential”—Aethlon; “Hal Chase was generally acknowledged by his contemporaries to be the greatest fielding first baseman who ever played in the big leagues. He has also been an object of mystery and a suspect in one scandal after another. This is a fascinating biography of a strange and elusive anti-hero.”—Lawrence Ritter.

Martin Donell Kohout is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and has written several articles on Hal Chase. He lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

“well-written and exhaustively researched”—Elysian Fields Quarterly; “well-written and exhaustively-researched...attention to detail is commendable”—SABR Deadball Committee Newsletter; “well written…extensively researched, exhaustively indexed, with rigorous bibliography and footnote sections...the definitive biography”—Spitball; “chronicles all the rumors and evidence...exhaustive look not only of Chase but the entire baseball world”—Sports Collectors Digest; “an excellent biography...author leaves few stones unturned”—The Journal of Arizona History; “thoroughly researched and intelligently written...terrific...essential”—Aethlon; “Hal Chase was generally acknowledged by his contemporaries to be the greatest fielding first baseman who ever played in the big leagues. He has also been an object of mystery and a suspect in one scandal after another. This is a fascinating biography of a strange and elusive anti-hero.”—Lawrence Ritter.