Stout, Glenn, 1958-

Baseball heroes / by Glenn Stout. - Boston : Sandpiper/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. - 121 p. : ports. ; 20 cm. - Good sports . - Stout, Glenn, 1958- Good sports. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [118-121]).

Hank's lasting lesson -- Jackie's big test -- Fernandomania -- For love of the game.

Presents the inspiring stories of baseball players who overcame obstacles in the course of their careers due to race, religion, ethnicity, or gender, including Jackie Robinson, Hank Greenburg, Fernando Valenzuela, and Ila Borders.

9780547417080 054741708X

2010006760


Baseball players--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
African American baseball players--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Women baseball players--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Baseball players--Biography.


Biographies.
Literature.
Biographies.

GV865.A1 / S818 2011

796.357092/2 B