Description
Book SynopsisMichael Jack Schmidt led the Philadelphia Phillies to five National League championship series and two World Series. This is an account of his celebrated career. It concentrates on newspaper accounts, periodicals, biographies by Schmidt's team mates and baseball histories.
Trade Review[A] readable biography [that] belongs in regional libraries and libraries boasting large baseball collections." —
Library Journal"Kashatus comes through again in the clutch with this first serious account of Schmidt's storied career." —
Public Library Quarterly"Schmidt is regarded in many quarters as the greatest ever at his position.... Here is the first independent biography of this baseball enigma." —
USA Today Sports Weekly"Covers well the on-field career but also digs deeper into Schmidt's character.... This biography fills the void that needed filling." —
Sports Collectors Digest"Definitive." —
Philadelphia Inquirer
