Candy Cummings: The Life and Career of the Inventor of the Curveball
McFarland
ISBN13:
9781476680378
$44.82
One of the greatest pitchers of his era, William Arthur "Candy" Cummings was born in 1848, when baseball was in its infancy. In the 1870s, Candy's invention, the curveball, played a transformative role and earned him a place in the Hall of Fame. Drawing on extensive research, this first full-length biography traces Candy's New England heritage and chronicles his rise to the top, from pitching for amateur teams in mid-1860s Brooklyn to playing in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players--the first major league--and then the newly-formed National League. A critical examination of the evidence and competing claims reveals that Cummings was, indeed, the originator of the curveball.
- | Author: Stephen Robert Katz
- | Publisher: Mcfarland
- | Publication Date: Mar 31, 2022
- | Number of Pages: 248 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 147668037X
- | ISBN-13: 9781476680378
- Author:
- Stephen Robert Katz
- Publisher:
- Mcfarland
- Publication Date:
- Mar 31, 2022
- Number of pages:
- 248 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 147668037X
- ISBN-13:
- 9781476680378