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Santurce Crabbers : Sixty Seasons of Puerto Rican Winter League Baseball by Thomas E. Van Hyning (1999, Hardcover)
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The Santurce Crabbers. Sixty years of Puerto Rico winter league baseball. The is the complete history of the Crabbers. Clean and tight in excellent condition with slight shelf wear, slight binding wear, and slight edge wear of the picture boards.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherMcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
ISBN-100786406623
ISBN-139780786406623
eBay Product ID (ePID)765855
Product Key Features
Book TitleSanturce Crabbers : Sixty Seasons of Puerto Rican Winter League Baseball
Number of Pages279 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEthnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, Baseball / History, Baseball / General
Publication Year1999
IllustratorYes
GenreSports & Recreation, Social Science
AuthorThomas E. Van Hyning
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight51.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN99-23513
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal796.357/64/097295
SynopsisThe Santurce Crabbers are one of the most storied franchises in the Caribbean. Their first owner, Pedrin Zorrilla, was a visionary, with many Negro League and big league contacts. Zorrilla signed up such eventual Hall of Famers as Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige, Roy Campanella, Ray Dandridge and Leon Day during the team's first decade. Santurce was the most successful winter league team of the 1950s, with three Caribbean Series titles. Roberto Clemente, Ruben Gomez, Willie Mays, Willard Brown and Bob Thurman played for the Crabbers during those glory years. Tom Lasorda used to pitch for them.Santurce set up working agreements with the Giants, Orioles, Dodgers and Astros, among other teams. Earl Weaver and Frank Robinson were team managers and Hall of Famers Bob Gibson, Jim Palmer, Reggie Jackson and Robin Yount were early-career Crabbers. Orlando Cepeda and Tony (Tany) Perez played their entire winter league careers with Santurce. Lee Smith, the major leagues' all-time saves leader, pitched for them. Juan Gonzalez and Jose Cruz, Jr., are two of the team's Puerto Rican stars in the 1990s., The Santurce Crabbers' first owner, Pedrin Zorrilla, was a visionary, with many Negro League and big league contacts. Roberto Clemente, Ruben Gomez, Willie Mays, Bob Gibson, Robin Yount, Reggie Jackson, Orlando Cepeda, Tony Perez, and Juan Gonzalez were all Crabbers.
LC Classification NumberGV875.S363V36 1999
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