Kid Nichols : A Biography of the Hall of Fame Pitcher

by Bogovich, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780786465224
• ISBN10: 0786465220
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-10-25
• Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc Pub

Summary

This is the first full-length biography of Kid Nichols (1869-1953), who won 30 or more games a record seven times and was the youngest pitcher to reach 300 career victories. Much new light is shed on Nichols' early life in Madison, Wisconsin, along with important influences and experiences as a teenager living in Kansas City. His professional career is documented by drawing heavily from publications of the era and Nichols' own words. The high regard in which he was held by fans, teammates and even opponents is contrasted with his contentious relationship with team owners. Nichols' period of restlessness, ambition, and risk-taking following his long stint with Boston's National League team is detailed, as is the campaign to get him into the Hall of Fame. The book includes previously unpublished photos from his descendants' archives, many more than a century old.

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), is executive director of the Rochester Area Math Science Partnership in southeastern Minnesota. He lives in Rochester.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 1
B.C.: Before Charles	p. 5
Kid Nichols as a Kid	p. 12
KC and Pre-MLB	p. 18
Boston Was BoastinÆ	p. 38
Regrouping and Rebuilding	p. 70
Twirling Twilight?	p. 107
Curveballs and Comebacks	p. 140
Choices and Changeups	p. 175
Calm in Kansas City	p. 196
The Kid and Cooperstown	p. 201
Commemorating the Kid	p. 228
Chapter Notes	p. 233
Bibliography	p. 248
Index	p. 251
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