UNHITTABLE! is the first in-depth book that examines the greatest pitching seasons in baseball's past century. It tells the behind-the-scenes stories behind the twenty-five greatest seasons, from Cy Young through Pedro Martinez. By focusing on game-by-game accounts of each season, it shows how these great seasons were achieved and how they were regarded in their time. Utilizing statistics, charts, quotes, and historical perspectives, it puts these great seasons in context. The statistical analysis is minimal compared to the analysis of each pitcher's unique situation during his greatest season, giving each story its own theme and significance.
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Gabriel Schechter, a member since 1991 of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), is the author of VICTORY FAUST: The Rube Who Saved McGraw's Giants. This story of one of baseball's most bizarre and endearing characters was published in 2000 and was a finalist for the Seymour Medal, awarded by SABR for the year's best new book of baseball history.
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Highs and Lows in the greatest seasons,
By R J Lesch (Des Moines, IA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Unhittable! Baseball's Greatest Pitching Seasons (Paperback)
Schechter's presentation of the great pitching seasons in this book is remarkable in that it shows both the highs and lows in each season. Even the most stunning seasons had a losing streak here or a poor outing there. The most remarkable chapters in the book (Jack Chesbro's 1904 season, Warren Spah 1963, Nolan Ryan 1973 and Orel Hershiser 1988) are impressive not because they necessarily present the best performances, but because they best illustrate the idea that a baseball season is a marathon, not a sprint. We see, in 24 of the 25 chapters, where the pitcher hits a wall of some sort -- an injury, a team slump, a family crisis (the health problems of Hershiser's infant son, for example) and battles through it to achieve a measure of greatness.The exception might be Lefty Grove's 1931 season, for which Schechter makes the case that a 31-4 record is misleading -- Grove might very well have had an undefeated season that year! The appendices "The Best of the Rest" and "The Best of the Bullpen" are also excellent reading.
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