Pitchin' Man
Price: $400.00
Original Wrappers. 1948. First Edition. Near Fine.
Foreword by Bill Veeck. Preface by N. R. Howard. First edition, first printing. Publisher's yellow and orange illustrated wrappers, lettered in black and white. About fine, with clean and bright wrappers, and light toning to page margins, as commonly seen with this book. Overall, a fabulous copy of this uncommon publication. In this book, baseball legend Satchel Paige tells his life story with the assistance of Cleveland sportswriter Hal Lebovitz. Paige had an incredibly long professional career, playing in the Negro Leagues from 1926 to the late 1940s, and finally joining the Cleveland Indians in 1948 when he was 42 years old. He was the seventh black player to join the major leagues, and the oldest player ever to debut in the MLB. In his rookie year with the Indians, he helped them win a World Series title. Sporting News ranked the blazingly fast pitcher 19th on its list of the 100 greatest baseball players of all time. Item #LSP005
