SABR member William H. Johnson is a retired Naval Flight Officer. He has co-authored a book, and written an array of newspaper and magazine articles, on the story of baseball in eastern Iowa. He lives in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA.
"exceptionally informative...recommended"--Midwest Book Review; "Johnson brings to readers the successes and setbacks of a potential Hall of Famer, first baseman Hal Trosky, who excelled for the Cleveland Indians during the Great Depression, when he was compared with the likes of Lou Gehrig, Jimmy Foxx, and Hank Greenberg. Johnson carefully portrays Trosky's baseball career, including the down periods when the slugger suffered from migraine headaches and when he led the Tribe through the 1940 'Cry Baby Rebellion' against manager Oscar Vitt. Readers will enjoy this most interesting period in the Tribe's history and Trosky's role as the team's captain."--James E. Odenkirk, Tribes and Tribulations: The Early Decades of the Cleveland Indians.
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