Dixie Walker of the Dodgers

Released on 2010-06-162010-06-16 by Maury Allen

A biography of Fred “Dixie” Walker, a gifted ballplayer who played in the majors for 18 seasons and in 1,905 games, assembling a career batting average of .306 while playing for the Yankees, White Sox, Tigers, Dodgers, and Pirates.

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Author	Maury Allen
Publisher	University of Alabama Press
Release Date	2010-06-16
ISBN	0817355995
Pages	289 pages
Rating	4/5 (99 users)

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