Foxy Ned Hanlon

The Baseball Life of a Hall of Fame Manager

Tom Delise, Jay Seaborg

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English

McFarland & Co Inc
08 April 2024

Biography: sport; Baseball

This is the first book-length biography of Ned Hanlon, a Hall of Famer but yet an underappreciated figure in baseball history. As a first generation Irish-American, Ned Hanlon left behind a childhood in the cotton mills to become a star player in the major leagues and the famous manager of the colorful 1890s Baltimore Orioles. He traveled the world on an all-star team and was a key member of the first attempt by baseball players to unionize, which led to the creation of the upstart Players' League.

Hanlon was an innovative and shrewd tactician whose strategies and ideas helped baseball transition from its rough infancy into the modern game we know today. As one of the premier baseball minds of his time, ""Foxy Ned"" also exerted a profound influence on the sport through the managerial tree he established, which includes Hall of Fame managers such as John McGraw, Miller Huggins, and Connie Mack.

By: Tom Delise, Jay Seaborg
Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 445g
ISBN: 9781476693965
ISBN 10: 147669396X
Pages: 246
Publication Date: 08 April 2024
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Out of the Shadows 1. From the Mills to the Majors (1857–1888) 2. Around the World and the Brotherhood (1888–1891) 3. A New Sheriff in Town (1892) 4. Building a Champion (1893) 5. The Oriole Way (Spring, 1894) 6. The Pride of Baltimore (1894) 7. Band of Brothers (1895) 8. Dirty Jack Comes to Town (1896) 9. Chasing History (1897) 10. Summer of Discontent (1898) 11. Hanlon's Superbas (1899–1900) 12. All They Thought of Was Pay Day (1901–1905) 13. Porkopolis Purgatory (1906–1907) 14. Baseball in the Blood (1908–1937) Epilogue Appendix 1. Timeline of Hanlon's Life Appendix 2. Ned Hanlon Player and Manager Statistics Appendix 3. Ned Hanlon Coaching Tree Appendix 4. Major Baseball Rule Changes from Hanlon's Birth Through His Career Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

Tom Delise taught high school English for 40 years and lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Jay Seaborg is a retired history teacher living in Mount Airy, Maryland.

Reviews for Foxy Ned Hanlon: The Baseball Life of a Hall of Fame Manager

"""At last, a full-fledged biography of the one of the great brains of 19th century baseball. Ned Hanlon was the strategist behind the 1890s Baltimore Orioles, a seminal team whose style of 'inside' baseball has influenced the national pastime to the present day. Hanlon was also a pivotal character in the unending battles between owners and players, between monopolists and upstarts, that have made baseball so emblematic of this nation's history. Read this pleasing book and you'll understand more about the roots of today's game.""--Burt Solomon, author of Where They Ain't: The Fabled Life and Untimely Death of the Original Baltimore Orioles, the Team That Gave Birth to Modern Baseball"