Books with title Baseball's Greatest Hitters

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. This Step into Reading Step 5 Sports Reader profiles the greatest hitters in baseball: Ted Williams, Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Hank Aaron. Now updated to include Miguel Cabrera, who made baseball history by achieving the Triple Crown in 2012, and up-and-comer Mike Trout. This star-studded survey remains contemporary by addressing the use of performance-enhancing drugs by some of baseball's top stars. Step 5 Readers tell stories in chapters using longer paragraphs and are ideal for children who want to take the plunge into chapter books but still like colorful pictures.

Baseball Stars: 50 Greatest Hitters gathers biographies, statistics, and amazing artistic sketches of Major League Baseball's all-time hits leaders. A great book for baseball fans of all ages.Based on official statistics this book highlights the best and the most successful hitters to ever play the game. Meet the legends of the game from before you were born as well as memories you may recall from recent years. Each page features a short player biography as well as professional sketches that will thrill baseball and art fans alike!Become an expert of the game as we take a trip through the history of America's favorite pastime.

The home run is the greatest act of power in the game of baseball and each generation leaves legacies behind of the most dominating hitters of their time. Fully illustrated with thrilling player sketches of baseball's ultimate power hitters. Rodney Hayden's Baseball Stars series is a fan favorite among rookies and veterans alike. In this book he introduces us to the top 50 home run hitters of all time according to Major League Baseball's official statistics. Aside from short biographies for each player the book also features detailed sketches that will impress baseball fans as well as art connoisseurs.Discover the greatest home run hitters to have ever played the game just in time for the 2020 season to return!

During the more than one hundred years that baseball has been our national pastime, all types of individuals have been managers of teams. They have run the gamut from political appointees to tyrants, schemers, incompetents and geniuses. Legendary baseball stars have been managers such as Ty Cobb, Rogers Hornsby, Walter Johnson, Mel Ott, George Sisler, and Honus Wagner. And Mediocre players, including Branch Rickey, Earl Weaver, Walter Alston have become managers.Antics galore have accentuated managerial behavior: the pratfalls of Charley Grimm in the third-base coaching box; the umbrella-carrying Frankie Frisch arguing with the umpires that a game should be called; the cap twisting, body-gyrating movements of Earl Weaver, puffing cigarettes in the dugout and attempting to use body language to will his players to perform better.Idiosyncrasies and special styles have characterized managers through the years. An entire collection of one-liners has developed over the years to characterize the managing profession. For trivia buffs, there’s an entire world of statistical records about managers.

Filled with biographical anecdotes, batting stats and historical comparisons, here is the one book young fans can use to become instant experts in baseball's great debate.Who is it: Babe Ruth? Ted Williams? Ty Cobb? Mark McGwire? or . . .?Here is your one-stop resource for answering the question all baseball fans ask: Who is the best batter ever? You'll find thirty-two of baseball's greatest hitters, with each player's batting statistics, special achievements and records, along with interesting anecdotes and photographs.With all this great information, Who Is Baseball's Greatest Hitter? is more than just a book of stats. Experienced sports writer Jeff Kisseloff gives young readers the tools to analyze, compare and contrast each player's career batting records. Unlike other baseball books, this one challenges the reader to make his own choices and add his own favorite batters to the debate.Can you match the question on the left with the player on the right?1) Who hit 755 home Runs? A) Mark McGwire2) Who hit .367 lifetime? B) Hank Aaron3) Who has the best home run/at bat ratio? C) Ty CobbAnd the big question, which statistic matters most?Who Is Baseball's Greatest Hitter?Answers: 1-B, 2-C, 3-A