Biz Mackey, a giant behind the plate : the story of the Negro league star and Hall of Fame catcher

Biz Mackey, a giant behind the plate : the story of the Negro league star and Hall of Fame catcher / Rich Westcott ; forewords by Monte Irvin and Ray C. Mackey III.

""The best all-around catcher in black baseball history"--Cumberland Posey, Owner of the Homestead Grays National Baseball Hall of Fame catcher James Raleigh "Biz" Mackey's professional career spanned nearly three decades in the Negro Leagues and elsewhere. He distingui...

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Main Author: Westcott, Rich (Author)
Other Authors: Irvin, Monte, 1919-2016 (writer of foreword.), Mackey, Ray C. (writer of foreword.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Mackey, Biz, > 1897-1965.
Mackey, Biz, > 1897-1965
1900-1999
Catchers (Baseball) > United States > Biography.
Baseball players > United States > Biography.
African American baseball players > Biography.
African American baseball managers > Biography.
Negro leagues > United States > History.
Baseball > United States > History > 20th century.
Negro leagues > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > History.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Women.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Sports.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
African American baseball managers
African American baseball players
Baseball
Baseball players
Catchers (Baseball)
Negro leagues
United States
Biographies
History
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