Dixie Walker

Lyle Spatz recently stepped down after 25 years as the chairman of SABR’s Baseball Records Committee. He is the recipient of SABR’s Bob Davids and Henry Chadwick, and Seymour Medal awards, and among the books he has written or edited are biographies of Bill Dahlen, Willie Keeler, Dixie Walker and Hugh Casey.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      PART I—BEFORE THE DODGERS1. Born to Play Baseball      2. A Minor League Sensation      3. The Guy to Take Babe Ruth’s Place      4. The Lost Years      5. Radical Surgery and a Career Revived      6. The Most Unpopular Man in Detroit      PART II—THE DODGERS7. “All I knew about Brooklyn was that it was some strange outer world”      8. The People’s Choice      9. An Almost Perfect Team      10. A Pennant and a World Series      11. The 1942 Dodgers Look to Repeat      12. “Men, you are going to lose this pennant”      13. The War Begins to Affect Baseball      14. The 1944 National League Batting Champion      15. “The most beloved baseball player of recent years”      16. The War Ends and the Battle with the Cardinals Resumes      17. Playoffs, Pensions, and a Promotion      18. “It was the dumbest thing I did in all my life”      19. Jackie Robinson Joins the Dodgers      20. Dixie and Jackie Bring a Pennant to Brooklyn      PART III—AFTER THE DODGERS21. “The place doesn’t look the same since you’ve gone, Dixie”      22. Managing in the Minor Leagues      23. Ending His Career in Dodger Blue      24. Was Dixie Walker a Racist?      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index