The Pitch That Killed
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The Pitch That Killed is a non-fiction baseball
book written by Mike Sowell
and published in 1989. The book concentrates on the 1920 major league season, especially the events surrounding Ray Chapman
's death from a pitch thrown by Carl Mays
.
It won the CASEY Award
for best baseball book of 1989 and was selected as a New York Times "Notable Book of the Year."
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
book written by Mike Sowell
Mike Sowell
Mike Sowell is a sports historian and the author of three baseball books, including The Pitch That Killed about Ray Chapman and Carl Mays. Named a Notable Book of the Year by The New York Times in 1989, and winner of the CASEY Award for best baseball book of 1989, The Pitch That Killed tells the...
and published in 1989. The book concentrates on the 1920 major league season, especially the events surrounding Ray Chapman
Ray Chapman
Raymond Johnson Chapman was an American baseball player, spending his entire career as a shortstop for Cleveland....
's death from a pitch thrown by Carl Mays
Carl Mays
Carl William Mays was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1915 to 1929. Despite impressive career statistics, he is primarily remembered for throwing a beanball on August 16, 1920, that struck and killed Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians, making Chapman one of two people to die...
.
It won the CASEY Award
CASEY Award
The CASEY Award has been given to the best baseball book of the year since . The honor was begun by Mike Shannon and W.J. Harrison, editors and co-founders of “Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine.”-CASEY Award recipients:...
for best baseball book of 1989 and was selected as a New York Times "Notable Book of the Year."