Full name: The Pitch That Killed: The Story of Carl Mays, Ray Chapman and the Pennant Race of 1920

Author: Mike Sowell Year: 1989 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Sports, Baseball, Award winners, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads OpenLibrary Amazon Google Books LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781566635516 1566635519

Since major league baseball began in 1871, there have been roughly 30 million pitches thrown to batters. Only one of them killed a man. This is the story of Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians, a popular player struck in the head and killed in August 1920 by a pitch thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees. Was it, as most baseball observers thought at the time, a tragic but unavoidable accident? Mike Sowell's book investigates the incident and probes deep into the backgrounds of the players involved and the events that led to one of baseball's darkest moments. Similar books: The Old Ball Game by Frank Deford How Life Imitates the World Series by Thomas Boswell The Long Season by Jim Brosnan Five Seasons by Roger Angell The Heart of the Order by Thomas Boswell October Men by Roger Kahn Baseball Dynasties by Rob Neyer The Politics of Glory by Bill James The Diamond Appraised by Craig R. Wright Sleeper Cars and Flannel Uniforms by Elden Auker Nine Innings by Daniel Okrent Mickey and Willie by Allen Barra The Bronx Zoo by Sparky Lyle Baseball: The People's Game by Harold Seymour The Summer Game by Roger Angell Ty and The Babe by Tom Stanton Baseball Life Advice by Stacey May Fowles The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract by Bill James October 1964 by David Halberstam The Bird by Doug Wilson