{"product_id":"1930-the-story-of-a-baseball-season-when-hitters-reigned-supreme-hardcover","title":"1930: The Story of a Baseball Season When Hitters Reigned Supreme - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLew Freedman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 1930 Major League baseball season was both marvelous and horrendous, great for hitters, embarrassing for pitchers. In totality it was just this side of insane as an outlier among all seasons.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMajor League Baseball began with the founding of the National League in 1876. In the 145 seasons since then, one season stands out as unique for the astounding nature of hitting: 1930. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA flipside of 1968's \"Year of the Pitcher,\" when the great St. Louis Cardinals Bob Gibson compiled a 1.12 earned run average and Detroit Tigers Denny McLain won 31 games, the 1930 season was when the batters reigned supreme. During this incredible season, more than one hundred players batted .300, the entire National League averaged .300, ten players hit 30 or more home runs, and some of the greatest individual performances established all-time records. From New York Giants Bill Terry's .401 average--the last National Leaguer to hit over .400--to the NL-record 56 home runs and major league-record 192 runs batted in by Chicago Cubs Hack Wilson, the 1930 season is a wild, sometimes unbelievable, often wacky baseball story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBreaking down the anomaly of the season and how each team fared, veteran journalist Lew Freeman tells the story of a one-off year unlike any other. While the greats stayed great, and though some pitchers did hold their own--with seven winning 20 or more games, including 28 by Philadelphia Athletics' Lefty Grove and 25 by Cleveland Indians' Wes Ferrell--Freedman shares anecdotes about those players that excelled in 1930, and only 1930. More than ninety years later, \u003ci\u003e1930\u003c\/i\u003e offers insight into a season that still stands the test of time for batting excellence.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLew Freedman\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of more than one hundred books on sports, including \u003ci\u003eClouds over the Goalpost\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Original Six\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Summer to Remember\u003c\/i\u003e, and is the winner of more than 300 journalism awards. A veteran sportswriter, Freedman was formerly a staff writer for the \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as other papers across the country, and currently resides in Columbus, Indiana.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768653775136,"sku":"9781683584209","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4e701fdeb557bd9024ba0a80e8840aa5.webp?v=1780334622","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/1930-the-story-of-a-baseball-season-when-hitters-reigned-supreme-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}