Comeback Pitchers: The Remarkable Careers of Howard Ehmke and Jack Quinn

by Lyle Spatz

Finalist for the 2022 SABR Seymour Medal

The careers of pitchers Jack Quinn and Howard Ehmke began in the Deadball Era and peaked in the 1920s. They were teammates for many years, with both the cellar-dwelling Boston Red Sox and later with the world champion Philadelphia Athletics, managed by Connie Mack.

As far back as 1912, when he was just twenty-nine, Quinn was told he was too old to play and on the downward side of his career...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496222024
• ISBN13: 9781496222022
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 2.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.7" x 9.2"