BIBFRAME Work

Title

A giant among Giants

Other Titles (e.g. Variant)

Baseball life of Willie Mccovey

Type

  • Monograph
  • Text

Contribution

Subject

Genre Form

Language

Illustrative Content

Classification

  • BIO016000
  • SPO003030
  • DDC: 796.357092/396073 B (Assigner: dlc)
  • LCC: GV865.M2934 H34 2025 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)

Content

Supplementary content

Summary

The biography of Willie McCovey, one of the most feared hitters in baseball, who played most of his career for the San Francisco Giants, was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1986, and remains one of the team's most beloved players-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Instant success -- Man from mobile -- Starting to struggle -- Learning lessons -- "The day i hit the line drive" -- Domination of Don -- The peak years -- Eclipsing a legend -- Mr. MVP -- Edging toward an exit -- San Diego hiatus -- Triumphant return -- A hero departs -- A cherished honor -- Bound for Cooperstown -- The Cove -- Bay area symbol -- Double trouble at first base -- Playing in pain part of the game -- Quiet? Yes. shy? Not really -- Friends and family -- The final year.

Authorized Access Point

Haft, Chris. A giant among Giants

Geographic Coverage

Admin Metadata

  • Date: 2026-09-11T20:18:05.804810+00:00
  • Agent: cbc
  • Status: c
  • Derived from: 23606292

Admin Metadata

  • Date: 2026-09-11
  • Cataloger id: Unknown
  • Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
  • Description language: eng
  • Description authentication: pcc

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