Kenny Lofton
Mark Stewart
A biography of the base-stealing outfielder for the Cleveland Indians who has won four Golden Gloves in his first five seasons as a major league player.
Read Time: ~4.6 hr
Iron Man
by Harvey Rosenfeld (1995)
About this book
Since May 30, 1982, Cal Ripken, Jr., of the Baltimore Orioles hasn't missed a game - a marathon performance during which he has won the 1982 Rookie of the Year Award, two American League MVP awards, an All-Star Game MVP award, two Gold Gloves, and a World Series title. Now Cal is about to topple baseball's most unbreakable record - Lou Gehrig's incredible streak of 2,130 consecutive games played. Iron Man chronicles Junior's ascent to superstardom. What was it like playing baseball with a father as manager and a brother as a double-play combination? How did his father's firing and his brother's trade affect him? What made him choose the strike over the Streak?
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreIron Man Lead Character
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