Lieb, Frederick G. and Baumgartner, Stan. The Philadelphia Phillies.

Lieb, Frederick G. and Baumgartner, Stan. The Philadelphia Phillies.G. P. Putnam's Sons: New York (1953). First edition. Part of the "Putnam Sports Series". Signed by six members of the "Whiz Kids", the 1950 Phillies team which, despite a number of young players, unexpectedly won the National League pennant before losing the World Series to the Yankees. Players and their 1950 statistics are: Robin Roberts, elected to the Hall of Fame in 1976, winner of 20 games with a 3. 02 ERA Richie Ashburn, Hall of Fame Center

G. P. Putnam's Sons: New York (1953).  First edition.  Part of the "Putnam Sports Series".

Signed by six members of the "Whiz Kids", the 1950 Phillies team which, despite a number of young players, unexpectedly won the National League pennant before losing the World Series to the Yankees.

Players and their 1950 statistics are:

Robin Roberts, elected to the Hall of Fame in 1976, winner of 20-games with a 3.02 ERA

Richie Ashburn, Hall of Fame Center Fielder and two-time National League batting leader, hit .303

Del Ennis, Right Fielder who had more RBI than any player other than Stan Musial from 1949-1957, led the team with a .311 batting average, 31 home runs and 126 RBI

Curt Simmons, starting pitcher who went 17-8 with a 3.40 ERA

Eddie Waitkus, starting First Baseman, .284 batting average

Granny Hamner, .starting Shortstop, 270 batting average, 70 RBI

Mild toning to endpapers and pastedowns, a solid near fine copy in like dust wrapper