My 66 Years in the Big Leagues : The Great Story of America’s National Game.

MACK, Connie.

Item Number: 138185

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1950.

First edition of the baseball legend’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, photographic endpapers. Boldly signed by Connie Mack on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket. With a tribute by Francis Trevelyan Miller. Uncommon signed.

A Founding Father of modern baseball, Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy started out as a catcher and moved on to become the consummate manager and part owner of the Philadelphia Athletics from 1901 to 1950. Better known as Connie Mack, he cut a dashing figure clad in a business suit and straw skimmer. With an even-tempered manner, "Mr. Mack" was regarded as a unique combination of coach and father figure by his players—who included such all-time greats as Ty Cobb, Lefty Grove, and Chief Bender. This engaging autobiography, written with his characteristic warmth and enthusiasm, reads like a history of baseball during the first half of the twentieth century.