Branch Rickey : a biography /

"Rickey managed the St. Louis Browns and Cardinals at the end of the deadball era. Rickey made early use of statistical analysis and pressed for the expansion of major league baseball. He is best known for integrating organized baseball, at a time when the U.S. armed forces were still segregate...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Polner, Murray
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2007]
Edition:Rev. ed.
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Online Access:Table of contents only

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