Description: Further DetailsTitle: J.L. Wilkinson and the Kansas City MonarchsCondition: NewSubtitle: Trailblazers in Black BaseballEAN: 9781476662992ISBN: 9781476662992Publisher: McFarland & Co IncFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 11/21/2016Description: Baseball pioneer J. L. Wilkinson (1878-1964) was the owner and founder, in 1920, of the famed Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues. The only white owner in the Negro National League (NNL), Wilkinson earned a reputation for treating players with fairness and respect. He began his career in Iowa as a player, later organizing a traveling women's team in 1908 and the multiracial All-Nations club in 1912. He led the Monarchs to two Negro Leagues World Series championships and numerous pennants in the NNL and the Negro American League. During the Depression he developed an ingenious portable lighting system for night games, credited with saving black baseball. He resurrected the career of legendary pitcher Satchel Paige in 1938 and in 1945 signed a rookie named Jackie Robinson to the Monarchs. Wilkinson was posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006, joining 14 Monarchs players.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 254mmItem Length: 178mmAuthor: William A. YoungGenre: BiographyTopic: Sports & HobbiesISBN-10: 1476662991Item Width: 12mmItem Weight: 422gRelease Year: 2016 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: J.L. Wilkinson and the Kansas City Monarchs
Title: J.L. Wilkinson and the Kansas City Monarchs
Subtitle: Trailblazers in Black Baseball
EAN: 9781476662992
ISBN: 9781476662992
Release Date: 11/21/2016
Release Year: 2016
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Biography
Topic: Sports & Hobbies
ISBN-10: 1476662991
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: J. L. Wilkinson and the Kansas City Monarchs : Trailblazers in Black Baseball
Publisher: Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Subject: Baseball / History, Baseball / General, General, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year: 2016
Item Height: 0.5 in
Item Weight: 14.9 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 10 in
Author: William A. Young
Subject Area: Sports & Recreation, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Item Width: 7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
