Baseball's First Colored World Series
The 1924 Meeting of the Hilldale Giants and Kansas City Monarchs
Format:Paperback
Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc
Published:22nd Jul '14
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In 1924, after the Hilldale Giants captured the league crown in the new Eastern Colored League and the Kansas City Monarchs won out in the four-year-old Negro National League, the two teams met in a best-of-nine series for the world championship. But a 13-inning tie in Game 4 and alternating wins throughout would force a tenth and deciding game, making it the longest World Series--black or white--in the modern era.
This heavily illustrated volume provides a comprehensive account of the first championship series played between teams from two all-black professional leagues. It provides commentary, records, and full statistics for each club's regular season performance, along with biographical profiles of the players. Coverage also includes position-by-position comparisons of the Series combatants; a breakdown of the attendance, gate receipts, and team shares; game-by-game summaries; comments from the players; and complete statistics--including pitcher-batter matchups--for both teams.
“significant”—Sports Collectors Digest; “a well-documented look at the 1924 series. Larry Lester has provided a fascinating and well-researched look into the first Negro League World Series, filling a gap that has existed until now in the literature”—Journal of Sport History; “a wonderful resource”—Black Ball: A Negro Leagues Journal; “heavily illustrated with detailed play-by-plays, box scores and statistics”—The SABR Bulletin.
ISBN: 9780786495573
Dimensions: 254mm x 178mm x 13mm
Weight: 454g
261 pages