{"product_id":"the-chalmers-race-rick-huhn-9781496229380","title":"The Chalmers Race: Ty Cobb, Napoleon Lajoie, and the Controversial 1910 Batting Title That Became a National Obsession","description":"In 1910 auto magnate Hugh Chalmers offered an automobile to the baseball player with the highest batting average that season. What followed was a batting race unlike any before or since, between the greatest but most despised hitter, Detroit's Ty Cobb, and the American League's first superstar, Cleveland's popular Napoleon Lajoie. \u003ci\u003eThe Chalmers Race\u003c\/i\u003e captures the excitement of this strange contest--one that has yet to be resolved. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The race came down to the last game of the season, igniting more interest among fans than the World Series and becoming a national obsession. Rick Huhn re-creates the drama that ensued when Cobb, thinking the prize safely his, skipped the last two games, and Lajoie suspiciously had eight hits in a doubleheader against the St. Louis Browns. Although initial counts favored Lajoie, American League president Ban Johnson, the sport's last word, announced Cobb the winner, and amid the controversy both players received cars. \u003ci\u003eThe Chalmers Race\u003c\/i\u003e details a story of dubious scorekeeping and statistical systems, of performances and personalities in conflict, of accurate results coming in seventy years too late, and of a contest settled not by play on the field but by human foibles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rick Huhn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 149622938X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496229380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.74d","brand":"Rick Huhn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43944588673279,"sku":"9781496229380","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_00e05f0c-c36b-4aae-8eeb-9f3aaa49b5a9.jpg?v=1681504311","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-chalmers-race-rick-huhn-9781496229380","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}