Baseball has had many outstanding Latin American pitchers since the early 20th century. This book profiles the greatest
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English Year 2014;2015
Table of contents :
Cover
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Part I: Outside the Major Leagues
1. The Negro Leagues: Ramón Bragaña, Martín Dihigo
2. The Latin American Leagues: Ramón Arano, Rubén Gómez, Orlando Hernández, Juan Pizarro
Part II: The Major Leagues
3. The 1920s and 1930s-Adolfo Luque
4. The 1950s-Camilo Pascual
5. The 1960s-Juan Marichal, Luis Tiant
6. The 1970s-Mike Cuéllar, Dennis Martínez
7. The 1980s-Fernando Valenzuela
8. The 1990s-Pedro Martínez
9. The 2000s and 2010s-Mariano Rivera, Johan Santana, Félix Hernández. Appendix: Rankings for the All-Time Great Hispanic PitchersChapter Notes
Bibliography
Index.