About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: Hobie Landrith, Curt Flood, Mike Cuellar, Ed Bailey, Harvey Haddix, Andy Seminick, Ted Kluszewski, Bob Thurman, Don Hoak, Claude Osteen, Joe Black, Walt Dropo, Sam Mele, Nino Escalera, Wally Post, Harry Perkowski, Ken Raffensberger, Gus Bell, Art Fowler, Bob Purkey, Jackie Collum, Johnny Temple, Vada Pinson, Bobby Henrich, Joe Frazier, Chuck Harmon, Connie Ryan, Steve Ridzik, Bobby Adams, Paul LaPalme, Bob Hooper, Pete Whisenant, Gerry Staley, George Crowe, Jim Fridley, Brooks Lawrence, Fred Hatfield, Willard Schmidt, Johnny Klippstein, Jim Dyck, Tom Acker, Matt Batts, Fred Baczewski, Dutch Dotterer, Russ Meyer, Orlando Pena, Bill Kennedy, Raul Sanchez, Warren Hacker, Stan Palys, Glen Gorbous, John Oldham, Joe Taylor, Ray Jablonski, Don Gross, Bobby Balcena, Rudy Minarcin, Jim Pearce, Danny Morejon, Jim Greengrass, Don Pavletich, Hersh Freeman, Bruce Edwards, Vicente Amor, Frank Smith, Maurice Fisher, Art Schult, Lefty Hayden, Bobby Durnbaugh, Milt Smith, Corky Valentine, Charlie Rabe, Bob Kelly. Excerpt: As Coach Hobart "Hobie" Neal Landrith (born March 16, 1930 in Decatur, Illinois) is a former American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from 1950 through 1963 for the Cincinnati Reds & Redlegs, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles, and Washington Senators. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. For most of his career the well-traveled Landrith was a second or third string catcher, but he is best known as the first pick of the New York Mets in the 1961 expansion draft. He was a backup catcher for Andy Seminick and Smoky Burgess in Cincinnati, and later a regular with the Cubs in 1956. The following two years he backed up All-Stars Hal Smith and Walker Cooper with the Cardinals. He then had a three season campaign ...
