{"id":7932,"date":"2025-03-25T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/?p=7932"},"modified":"2025-03-24T09:39:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:39:05","slug":"from-st-louis-to-cooperstown-legends-born-and-made-in-the-gateway-city-by-ed-wheatley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/from-st-louis-to-cooperstown-legends-born-and-made-in-the-gateway-city-by-ed-wheatley\/","title":{"rendered":"FROM ST. LOUIS TO COOPERSTOWN LEGENDS BORN AND MADE IN THE GATEWAY CITY BY ED WHEATLEY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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St. Louis –<\/strong>\u00a0A new baseball book from St. Louis-based Reedy Press is now available for pre-order, just in time for Opening Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From St. Louis To Cooperstown: Legends Born and Made in the Gateway City<\/strong>, tells the stories of some of St. Louis’s most beloved players.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baseball fans know the heroics of St. Louis baseball legends Hornsby, Dean, Musial, Schoendienst, Gibson, and Brock\u2014or at least they know their names. They must have been great ball players because their images are painted on Busch Stadium\u2019s left field wall honoring their retired uniform numbers and their inductions into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. But the mural highlights only 13 of the 55 players inducted into the Hall of Fame who played for the National League\u2019s St. Louis Cardinals. Who are these other players and what are their stories? And what about the nine men from the American League\u2019s St. Louis Browns whose plaques also hang in Cooperstown?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For nearly a century, baseball was a segregated game. Prior to Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in 1947, African Americans\u2019 love of baseball was focused on the many teams of the Negro Leagues. St. Louis had two of the league\u2019s best with the St. Louis Giants and Stars. Thirty seven members of the Negro Leagues have been inducted into the Hall of Fame. Five have ties to the Giants and the Stars. Who were they and what made each of them stand out over the thousands of African Americans playing in the league?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These collective stories go beyond the individual and record-setting careers that made each a Hall of Famer. Walk through the chronology of baseball history and the moments each player had on their roads to Cooperstown. Along the way, find out which former Cardinal held baseball\u2019s career home run record for more than a quarter of a century before being topped by Babe Ruth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Which player was named after a president and was later played by a future president in his life story? Who had a higher career on base percentage than Babe Ruth and Ted Williams, although he retired 100 years ago? How many games did baseball\u2019s winningest pitcher win in St. Louis? And which St. Louisan reached 300 wins before him? These are just a few of the trinkets of information to be found in this anthology of players who found their way from St. Louis to Cooperstown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BOOK INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ISBN: 9781681065786<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Softcover, 8.5 x 11, 176 pages<\/p>\n\n\n\n

$32.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Available 5\/1\/25<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRE-ORDER LINK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From St. Louis to Cooperstown (Preorder) \u2013 Reedy Press<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Ed Wheatley is an award-winning and best-selling author and film producer deeply involved in St. Louis sports. He serves on multiple sports Hall of Fame boards of directors across the St. Louis region. His many published books have received national recognition including Sport Digest\u2019s selection as the best book published on baseball and a nomination for SABR\u2019s (Society for American Baseball Research) Lawrence Ritter Award. His multiple films shown on the PBS network have all received regional MidAmerica Emmy Award nominations, including a win. His films have appeared in the acclaimed National Baseball Hall of Fame\u2019s Annual Film Festival and have provided him multiple opportunities to speak at baseball\u2019s venerable institution in Cooperstown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BOOK LAUNCH EVENT AND APPEARANCES <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fri, May 2 at 7 pm
Clark Family Library
1640 S. Lindbergh<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sat, May 3 at 11 am
Main Street Books\u00a0
307 S. Main Street<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tues, May 13 at 11 am
Missouri History Museum\u00a0
5700 Lindell Blvd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sun, May 18 at 1 pm
Carondelet Historical Society
6303 Michigan Avenue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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