Jesse Burkett (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Jesse Cail Burkett, nicknamed "The Crab," was a Major League Baseball player at the turn of the 20th century. He also was a coach in the Major Leagues under John McGraw for the New York Giants, owned and managed the minor league Worcester club, and coached Holy Cross College. Burkett began his pro career as a pitcher, won 27 games at the age of 19 in 1888 in Scranton, Pa., and also compiled a 39-6 record for the Worcester Club of the New England League. He played in the Major Leagues from 1890 to 1905, predominantly as an outfielder, and had an accomplished hitting career, smacking 200 hits in a season six times and batting over .400 twice, only the second hitter in Major League history to do, the first being Ed Delahanty