Andres Galarraga
Mark Stewart
A biography of the slugger from Venezuela, known as the Big Cat, who won the National League championship for most runs batted in and most home runs in 1996.
Read Time: ~2.5 hr
Record-breakers of the major leagues
by Lou Sabin. Illustrated with photos (1974)
About this book
Records are the heart and soul of baseball. In over 100 years of major-league history, a long list of remarkable records have been written -- and rewritten -- by the game's hard-throwing, hard hitting and hard-running superheroes. This book is about the breaking of records and the men who broke them. Here you'll read about super-hurlers like Tom Seaver, Steve Carlton, Bob Gibson and Don Drysdale; batting champs like Henry Aaron, Willie Mays and Ted Williams; and champion base-stealer Lou Brock. - Introduction.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreRecord-breakers of the major leagues Lead Character
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