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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Good Book About A Should-Be Hall-Of -FamerBy J. WilliamsCecil Travis played in obscurity for poor Washington Senator teams from 1933-1947, missing three full seasons and most of a fourth due to WWII. He was an excellent hitter, attested by his lifetime .314 batting average. In 1941, when Joe Dimaggio safely in 56 straight games, and hit .406, it was Cecil Travis who led the with in hits with 218. Not many fans know that.Travis was not a power hitter, having only 27 lifetime home runs. But he also had 265 doubles and 78 triples, both highly respectable numbers. His lack of attention-getting HRs and his playing in Washington kept his name out of baseball's limelight, despite his high batting averages.He entered the US Army in 1942 and in 1944-45 took part in the Battle of the Bulge, suffering badly frostbitten feet. He was the not same player when he returned to resume his career after the war, but Travis never blamed his wartime injury for the fall-off of his hitting ability.This book is handicapped by Travis' refusal to discuss his life and career with the author, who began his research shortly before Cecil's death. Travis was a modest man who simply did not want publicity. The result is that the text pretty dryly recounts the statistics and uses newspaper reports for what details there are. There is very little about Cecil's personal life, due entirely to the lack of available information.This book will be primarily of interest to baseball fans who want to learn about one of the truly unsung heroes of baseball's golden age, and who willingly put his life and career on hold to serve his country when it needed him most. Cecil Travis was a charter member of "The Greatest Generation." Rob Kirkpatrick deserves a lot of credit for writing this book about a real American hero.If there is one player who deserves to be in Baseball's Hall of Fame, it is Cecil Travis. Hopefully, one day he receive this honor that has been due him for so long.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Lest We ForgetBy John GalluzzoFor many, World War II is still in living memory, but for most, it's a chapter in American History 101. Imagine a time when war began, and professional athletes rushed to sign up to fight! Cecil Travis did not volunteer, but he willingly left his infield job with the Washington Senators, just as he was hitting his stride as a pro ballplayer, to fight in Europe. He sacrificed his fair share for the war effort, including the use of his feet, and it led to his baseball demise. Rob Kirkpatrick's book, among many other things, reminds us that even professional athletes were a part of the "greatest generation" who defined our modern world, and makes us wonder: were we to face such a threat today, would our baseball players go marching off to war to protect us?3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. A Good Baseball History BookBy Fred N. ChitwoodThis book is a good read for those interested in baseball history. There are a lot of facts and figures about professional baseball in the 30's and early 40's. My interest in the book was personal. I grew up in the same town as the Travis's and knew Mr. Travis's oldest son, Tony. He and I were in the same high school graduating class (Jonesboro, Georgia, H.S., class of '61). I have been in the Travis home and found, just as the writer found, that Mr. Travis was a quiet and humble man. I did not know until later in my life the extent of his baseball career. I did find the history interesting, but I was more interested in the man rather than the baseball player. I recommend the book to baseball fans, and/or those who live or have lived in Clayton or Fayette Counties, Georgia.

A three-time All-Star, Cecil Travis (1913-2006) was well on his way to a Hall of Fame career when he was drafted for World War II in 1941. When he returned to the game in 1945, after three and a half years in the army, Travis was no longer the dominant player he had been. In the three seasons that followed-the last of his career-only once did Travis play in more than seventy-five games, and his offensive numbers plummeted. Yet his prewar accomplishments were such that he finished his twelve-year career with a .314 batting average, and baseball maven Bill James put Travis atop his list of players most likely to have lost a Hall of Fame career to the war. This biography documents Travis's life and dynamic career. It recounts his childhood years on his family's Riverdale farm in rural Georgia, his demonstration of talent during high school, the beginning of his professional career with the Minor League Chattanooga Lookouts in 1931, his rise with the Washington Senators, the historic 1941 season in which Travis led all of baseball in hits, his time as a soldier, the decline in his play from 1945 to 1947, and his retirement. In an epilogue Cecil Travis comments on his baseball career, the effects of the war, and his life in Riverdale, where he raised livestock on the farm that was his childhood home. Rob Kirkpatrick is a senior editor at Thomas Dunne Books and the author of several books, including 1969: The Year Everything Changed and Magic in the Night: The Words and Music of Bruce Springsteen. Dave Kindred has been a sportswriter for more than thirty-five years.

"Cecil Travis is one of the best hitters I ever faced. Rob Kirkpatrick's well-researched biography pays tribute to a player who belongs in the Hall of Fame."-Bob Feller, Hall of Fame pitcher"Rob Kirkpatrick has written a warm and compelling biography of one of the best but least appreciated ballplayers in the history of our national pastime. Rob''s book is a beautiful celebration of a beautiful life."-Timothy M. Gay, author of Tris Speaker: The Rough-and-Tumble Life of a Baseball Legend -- Timothy Gay (10/02/2008)About the AuthorRob Kirkpatrick is a senior editor at Thomas Dunne Books and the author of several books, including 1969: The Year Everything Changed and Magic in the Night: The Words and Music of Bruce Springsteen.

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