Dixie Walker: A Life in Baseball

by Lyle Spatz

Over the course of fifty years in the mid-twentieth century, Fred "Dixie" Walker lived several baseball lives. Dubbed the successor to Babe Ruth after his impressive major league debut in 1931, Walker went from sure-fire prospect to injury-plagued underachiever, to Brooklyn hero, to persona non grata because of his complicated relationship with Jackie Robinson, and finally to redeemed, well-respected minor league manager and major league...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786446331
• ISBN13: 9780786446339
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.6" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher