Ballplayer, 9781101984420
Paperback
From small town dreams to baseball superstardom, a Hall of Fame story.

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  • Paperback

    392 pages

  • Release Date

    3 April 2018

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Summary

Ballplayer: My Life in the Game

Atlanta Braves third baseman and National Hall of Famer Chipper Jones—one of the greatest switch-hitters in baseball history—shares his remarkable story, while capturing the magic nostalgia that sets baseball apart from every other sport.

Before Chipper Jones became an eight-time All-Star who amassed Hall of Fame–worthy statistics during a nineteen-year career with the Atlanta Braves, he was just a country kid from small town …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781101984420
ISBN-10:1101984422
Author:Chipper Jones, Carroll Rogers Walton, Bobby Cox
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Dutton
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:392
Release Date:3 April 2018
Weight:318g
Dimensions:202mm x 132mm x 22mm
About The Author

Chipper Jones

Larry Wayne “Chipper” Jones Jr. was a third baseman who spent his entire nineteen-year MLB career playing for the Atlanta Braves and all twenty-three years as a professional baseball player in the Braves organization. An eight-time All-Star and the 1999 National League MVP, he retired in 2012. Born and raised in Florida, he now lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Carroll Rogers Walton is a freelance sports journalist who covered the Braves for nearly twenty years as a beat writer for both the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Macon, Georgia, Telegraph. She lives in her hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina, with her husband and son.

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