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    Winning on the North Side: The 1929 Chicago Cubs

    By Gregory H. Wolf

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    “The best team I ever played on was McCarthy’s twenty-niners. It was strictly power all the way. No tricky baseball.” —Cubs first baseman Charlie Grimm
    This book celebrates the 1929 Chicago Cubs, one of the most exciting teams in baseball history. Bashing their way to the pennant by crushing their opponents in a high-scoring era, skipper Joe McCarthy’s North Siders were an offensive juggernaut, leading the majors with 982 runs scored. Future Hall of Famers Hack Wilson, ’29 NL MVP Rogers Hornsby, and Kiki Cuyler, along with Riggs Stephenson formed one of the most potent quartets in baseball history, collectively scoring 493 runs and knocking in 520. As awe-inspiring as the Cubs offense was, their pitching was almost as good. Charlie Root, Guy Bush, and Pat Malone anchored a staff that finished second in team ERA and led the league in shutouts.

    The Cubs’ magical season came to an ignominious conclusion when they faced Connie Mack’s Philadelphia Athletics in the World Series. Long before the “lovable loser” moniker was attached to the Cubs, Chicago’s crushing defeat in five games helped craft the narrative of fateful losses.

    The Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) invites you to read the life and baseball stories of all the roster players and the coaching staff and relive an important part of baseball history. Also included are biographies of club owner William Wrigley, visionary executive Bill Veeck, Sr., and Margaret Donahue, the first female executive in baseball history. A summary of the regular season and World Series, as well as essays on the 1929 Athletics, Wrigley Field, Catalina Island, and fate of the Cubs after 1929 round out this volume. With contributions from 26 members of the SABR BioProject, this book is a riveting account of one of the most memorable teams in Chicago sports history.

    Introduction by Gregory H. Wolf
    THE OWNER William Wrigley, Jr. by David Fletcher and George Castle
    THE CUBS
    Tom Angley by Jack Morris
    Clyde Beck by Norm King
    Footsie Blair by Norm King
    Sheriff Blake by Gregory H. Wolf
    Guy Bush by Gregory H. Wolf
    Hal Carlson by Ernie Fuhr
    Kiki Cuyler by Gregory H. Wolf
    Mike Cvengros by Chip Greene
    Woody English by Dan Fields
    Mike González by Joseph Gerard
    Earl Grace by Greg Erion
    Hank Grampp by Peter Morris
    Charlie Grimm by Dan Fields
    Gabby Hartnett by William H. Johnson
    Cliff Heathcote by William H. Johnson
    Trader Horne by Dan Fields
    Rogers Hornsby by C. Paul Rogers
    Claude Jonnard by William H. Johnson
    Pat Malone by Gregory H. Wolf
    Norm McMillan by Bill Nowlin
    Johnny Moore by C. Paul Rogers
    Art Nehf by Gregory H. Wolf
    Bob Osborn by Nancy Snell Griffith
    Ken Penner by Chip Greene
    Charlie Root by Gregory H. Wolf
    Johnny Schulte by James Lincoln Ray
    Riggs Stephenson by Gregory H. Wolf
    Danny Taylor by Nancy Snell Griffith
    Zack Taylor by Norm King
    Chick Tolson by Chip Greene
    Hack Wilson by Thomas E. Schott
    THE MANAGER Joe McCarthy by John McMurray
    THE COACHES Jimmy Burke by Gary Livacari Mickey Doolan by Paul Mittermeyer Grover Land by Gary Livacari
    FRONT OFFICE Bill Veeck, Sr. by David Fletcher and George Castle Margaret Donahue by David Fletcher and George Castle
    Wrigley Field by Scott Ferkovich
    Catalina Island by Zachary Michael Jack
    THE SPORTSWRITERS Ed Burns by Chip Greene Irving Vaughan by Chip Greene
    RADIO ANNOUNCER Bob Elson by Fred Taylor
    SEASON SUMMARY The 1929 Chicago Cubs Regular Season Summary by Gregory H. Wolf
    Full Game Summaries by Gregory H. Wolf
    June 9: Art Nehf and Ben Cantwell hurl four-hitters
    June 15: Riggs Stephenson’s walk-off pop-foul wins it in the 10th
    August 1: Guy Bush hurls shutout to win 10th consecutive decision
    September 14: Pat Malone tosses shutout for 21st win
    WORLD SERIES SUMMARY 1929 Philadelphia Athletics by Bob Buege 1929 World Series Summary by Norm

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSociety for American Baseball Research
    Release dateJan 29, 2015
    ISBN9781933599885
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