Baseball's Union Association: The Short, Strange Life Of A 19Th-Century Major League

Hastily formed in 1883 as a rival, third major league, the Union Association upset the moguls of the baseball world and disrupted the status quo. Backed by Henry V. Lucas, an impetuous 26-year-old millionaire from St. Louis, the UA existed for one chaotic season in 1884. This first full-length history of the Union Association tells the captivating story of the league's brief and enigmatic existence. Lucas recruited a wild mix of disgruntled stars, misfits, crooks, has-beens, drunks, and the occasional spectator--along with a future star or two. The result was a bizarre experiment that sowed both turmoil and hope before fading into oblivion.

• • Author: Justin Mckinney
• • Publisher: Mcfarland
• • Publication Date: Nov 11, 2022
• • Number of Pages: 277 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1476680604
• • ISBN-13: 9781476680606