Frank Grant: The Life of a Black Baseball Pioneer - Paperback
Frank Grant: The Life of a Black Baseball Pioneer - Paperback
Description
by Richard Bogovich (Author)
Widely considered the best black player of the 19th century, Hall-of-Famer Frank Grant challenged baseball's color barrier in the 1880s to play for all-white professional teams--two of which fought a legal battle for his services. This first full-length biography documents Grant's career highlights, including successful games against Major League teams and at-bats against Hall-of-Fame pitchers. Stories overlooked for more than a century are examined, including a falsified anecdote that obscured one of Grant's best games from history. New light is shed on the early years of the Cuban Giants, the first black pro ball club.
Author Biography
Richard Bogovich, a contributor to the Society for American Baseball Research's Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games of the Nineteenth Century (2012), works for the Wendland Utz law firm in Rochester, Minnesota.
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