{"product_id":"ed-mckean-rich-blevins-9780786473342","title":"Ed McKean: Slugging Shortstop of the Cleveland Spiders","description":"\u003cp\u003e The exemplar of the major league slugging shortstop before either Honus Wagner or Lou Boudreau, Ed McKean spent a dozen seasons as a high-profile contributor to the Cleveland Spiders, leading his team to three playoff berths and the 1895 Temple Cup championship. He played in no fewer than four of the Society for American Baseball Research's \"100 greatest games of the 19th century.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This first McKean biography returns the charismatic Irishman to the spotlight, recounting his efforts to reimagine himself as one of Cleveland's original sports heroes, his struggle to win a significant place in \u003ci\u003efin de siecle\u003c\/i\u003e America, and his leading role in the Emerald Age of baseball. Appendices provide his major league career batting record, his year-by-year offensive rankings, and even lines from a poem attributed to him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rich Blevins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786473347\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786473342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/16\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d","brand":"Rich Blevins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44829316579583,"sku":"9780786473342","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7c3c463f-9c20-4b4b-b02e-ce685f206efb.jpg?v=1708450447","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ed-mckean-rich-blevins-9780786473342","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}