The Whiz Kids Take the Pennant: The 1950 Philadelphia Phillies

by C. Paul Rogers III, Bobby Brown, Gregory H. Wolf

The 1950 Philadelphia Phillies--the "Whiz Kids"--threatened to run away with the pennant, but slumped badly in late summer before finally beating the Brooklyn Dodgers in a thrilling 10 inning game on the last day of the season. That day at Ebbets Field they won only the second pennant in Phillies history and their first in 35 years. Between the two pennants, the Phillies were mostly dreadful, finishing in the first division only once between 1917...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 194381631X
• ISBN13: 9781943816316
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Society for American Baseball Research
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 2.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.5" x 11.0"