Lieb Fredrick (1 results)

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. G. P. Putnam's Sons: New York (1946). Presumed first edition (no other printings indicated). Part of the "Putnam Sports Series". Signed by the author , a Hall of Fame sportswriter inducted into Cooperstown in 1973. Also signed by Charles ("Chas") Gehringer , Hall of Fame Tigers second baseman from 1924 - 1942. A lifetime .320 hitter with over 2,800 hits, Gehringer was one of the best fielding second baseman in the history of the game. At the time of his retirement, he owned the MLB record for double plays turned by a second baseman and remains among the all-time MLB leaders in assists and putouts. Lieb spent nearly 70 years as a sportswriter and is credited with coining the term "The House that Ruth Built," referring to the New York Yankees' brand new stadium. Over his career, he covered every World Series game from 1911 to 1958, 30 All-Star games, and over 8,000 major-league baseball games. Newsprint offset front pastedown and free end paper, little toning to rear free end paper, unobtrusive mark to front board, otherwise a bright, fresh and nearly fine copy in very good dust wrapper, corners clipped, slightly chipped at spine ends, rubbed along sides spine.