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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A first-rate biography of a relatively unknown starBy Barry SparksBabe Ruth called Urban Shocker "the league's craftiest pitcher" and George Sisler said he was "the most cunning pitcher in the American League."Yankees owner said he would want Shocker on the mound if a game was being played for $1 million.Despite high praise, Shocker, a right-handed spitball pitcher who won 188 games from 1916 to 1928, is recognized by only the most ardent baseball fans.Pitching for the St. Louis Browns, Shocker had 20-win seasons from 1920 to 1923, including a career-high 27 wins in 1921. In those four years, he won 91 wins, more than any other pitcher. Amazingly, he compiled those wins despite missing 14 weeks because of injuries and suspensions.As a young player with the , Shocker earned a reputation as a "troublemaker," partly because he hung around teammate Ray Caldwell, a well-known alcoholic.Yankee manager traded Shocker, described as "a temperamental star who does as he pleases," to the St. Louis Browns in 1918. The trade enraged Shocker, who vowed to get revenge against his old club. He seldom missed a chance to pitch against the Yankees. Once, he pitched back-to-back games against them.Shocker enjoyed challenging the game's top hitters, such as Ruth and Ty Cobb, with an assortment of pitches, which included a tantalizing slow ball that gave hitters fits and proved difficult to hit. He was more than a spitball pitcher.In 1924, Shocker, labeled "talented yet petulant," was starting to feel the effects of his drinking and mitral valve failure, which was untreatable at the time.Yankees manager, Miller Huggins, wanted to acquire Shocker for the 1925 season. Huggins acquired Shocker, but the season was a disaster as the right-hander went 12-12. His illness was progressing.In 1928, Shocker was losing weight, experiencing shortness of breath and dizziness. He made his first appearance, in relief, on May 30. Shocker was released on July 4. Shocker, who pitched "with his arm, heart and head," died on Sept. 8, 1928, at age 38.Author Steve Steinberg does an excellent job of bringing Shocker to life, without getting bogged down in details of the games. Steinberg parlays his knowledge of the era and its players, along with his thorough research and clear and concise writing, into a first-rate biography.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Steve Steinberg does it againBy Mike LackeyAward-winning baseball historian Steve Steinberg has done it again with his biography of Urban Shocker, the 1920s pitching star who achieved some of his greatest triumphs while battling a fatal heart ailment. Steinberg's explication of the progression and impact of Shocker's medical condition adds a dimension to the author's usual deep research and insightful baseball analysis.9 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Author Steve Steinberg Hits Another Home Run With His Latest Book on BaseballBy Bill EmblomOnce again Steve Steinberg has hit a circuit clout with his latest gem on a little-known member of the fabled 1927 New York Yankees. Although I knew Shocker pitched for the Bombers in this time period I knew nothing else about him. Urban Shocker is certainly worthy of a biography of his own and author Steinberg has provided us with several little known facts about Shocker's life and his contributions to the game of baseball.Shocker began his career with the Yankees and became known as somewhat of a difficult player to handle when he began associating with a teammate who found pleasure in alcoholic beverages. Manager Miller Huggins was advised to trade Shocker in order to strengthen their second-base position and Shocker was dealt to his hometown St. Louis Browns where Shocker had memorable teammates such as Hall of Famer George Sisler and other stalwarts such as Kenny Williams and Baby Doll Jacobson. Despite being upset with the trade Shocker pitched well for the Browns but once again became entangled with another hand-drinking pitcher on the Browns and owner Phil Ball tired of Shocker's temperament and sent him back to the Yankees in 1925. An interesting anecdote that Steinberg relates is that Miller Huggins stated that the Yankees didn't wantto include Lou Gehrig in the deal but if the Browns had insisted, they would have included Lou in the deal.Shocker got by as a pitcher by using his whits. He was one of the last of those pitchers to legally use the spitball and often used a pitch he called a "slow ball". When I first became a baseball fan it was called a let-up pitch and now called a change-up. Shocker also used the reverse of Willie Keeler's philosophy by pitching the ball so the hitters would hit the ball where the fielders are located.Author Steingberg also relates the illness that would prematurely take the life of Urban Shocker. Shocker kept it a secret that he had to sleep propped up in bed so he could breathe easier due to his heart ailment which had no treatment at the time. His Yankee roommate, bat boy Eddie Bennett was aware of it but he kept it a secret.This book contains many anecdotes of numerous baseball personalities during the late 1910s and 1920s and thankfully does not include game-by-game summaries that populate too many baseball books. This is baseball history and I'm sure Urban Shocker and his family would be proud to have an author the quality of Steve Steinberg relate his story. The book contains 244 pages of text with numerous photos I haven't seen previously spaced throughout the text.

Baseball in the 1920s is most known for and the New York Yankees, but there was another great Yankee player in that era whose compelling story remains untold. Urban Shocker was a fiercely competitive and colorful pitcher, a spitballer who had many famous battles with Babe Ruth before returning to the Yankees. Shocker was traded away to the St. Louis Browns in 1918 by Yankees manager Miller Huggins, a trade Huggins always regretted. In 1925, after four straight seasons with at least twenty wins with the hapless Browns, Shocker became the only player Huggins brought back to the Yankees. He finally reached the World Series, with the 1926 Yankees. In the Yankeesrsquo; storied 1927 season, widely viewed to be the best in MLB history, Shocker pitched with guts and guile, finishing with a record of 18?6 even while his fastball and physical skills were deserting him. Hardly anyone knew that Shocker was suffering from an incurable heart disease that left him able to sleep only while sitting up and which would take his life in less than a year. With his physical skills diminishing, he continued to win games through craftiness and well-placed pitches. Delving into Shockerrsquo;s baseball career, his love of the game, and his battle with heart disease, Steve Steinberg shows the dominant and courageous force that he was.

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