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Elston : the story of the first African-American Yankee by Howard, Arlene; Wimbish, Ralph; Berra, Yogi; Newcombe, Don; Vaccaro, Mike is a biography available to read on EtoBox.

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Of all the great ballplayers to wear Yankee pinstripes, Elston Howard was among the proudest. Remarkable temperament and courage made him the Jackie Robinson of baseball's most storied franchise. No Yankee carried himself with more dignity. No Yankee had greater respect for his teammates or love for his wife and family. And no one loved being a Yankee more than Elston Howard. In Elston and Me, Howard's widow, Arlene, and coauthor Ralph Wimbish recall the life of the first black to play baseball for the New York Yankees. Howard, who played fourteen major-league seasons, was signed by the Yankees in 1950, but the reluctance of the Yankee organization to break the color barrier held Howard back from the major leagues until 1955 when he was twenty-six years old. By 1961, the year he batted .348 for the Yankees, Elston had become the everyday catcher. Voted the American League's Most Valuable Player in 1963, Howard was a three-time Gold Glove winner, and his fielding average of the same year remains one of the highest among catchers in major-league history. In 1967, with the Yankee dynasty in decay, Elston was traded to the Boston Red Sox, although Yankee management had promised him tha

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Author

Howard, Arlene; Wimbish, Ralph; Berra, Yogi; Newcombe, Don; Vaccaro, Mike

Publisher

Lyons Press

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780826213587

Category

biography

Subjects

Memoir, Anthropology, History

Rating

3.5 / 5 (8 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14