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The story of the Windy City’s hard-hitting, hard-drinking speakeasy slugger, and the holder of what might be baseball’s unbreakable record.
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Hack Wilson's story fascinated me, from his hard drinking to the way he could hammer a fastball, and I loved the era in which he played. Researching can be a difficult animal to tame, particularly when baseball fans are your master -- they are the best at tracking down anything remotely wrong. So I went to great lengths to limit wrong information, constantly cross-checking what was taken for granted as correct information. In doing so, I came to discover that history can distort a lot of facts.
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Hack Wilson’s record 191 RBIs in 1930 may well stand the test of time, and so may the record of his hard-drinking lifestyle. In Hack’s 191, Bill Chastain re-creates the most productive offensive season in baseball history while giving readers unique insight into the life of one of baseball’s most fascinating, enigmatic, and yet neglected characters. Drunk or sober, Lewis Robert “Hack” Wilson lived large in Prohibition-era Chicago, where the entertainment and nightclub industries thrived and Al Capone, an acquaintance of Wilson, reigned as the most publicized gangster in America. Hack finished his 1929 season with the Chicago Cubs batting .345 with 39 home runs and 159 RBIs, giving him his fourth consecutive 100-plus RBI season. But he was the goat of the World Series, misplaying two fly balls that triggered a comeback by the Philadelphia Athletics. Despite losing the Series, the Cubs entered the 1930 season favored again to win the National League pennant. Complementing Wilson in the lineup were Rogers Hornsby and Kiki Cuyler. The great Joe McCarthy managed the team. After a slow start and many bad breaks—including the death of one player and a costly injury to Hornsby—the Cubs were in first place by the end of August, with Hack Wilson leading the way. In the public’s mind, Wilson’s pursuit of Babe Ruth’s single-season home run record of 60—a pursuit that saw him exceed Ruth’s pace for much of the season—overshadowed his assault on Lou Gehrig’s RBI mark of 175. Chronicling the ups, downs, and record-setting accomplishments of “Hack,” this book returns arguably the most hard-living, hard-hitting ballplayer in history to the lineup of the game’s greats.
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- PublisherLyons Press
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0762769637
- ISBN 13 9780762769636
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages272
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