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Lonnie Wheeler

Lonnie Wheeler
Lonnie Wheeler (1952-2020) was the author or co-author of many books on baseball including I Had a Hammer with Hank Aaron, Pitch by Pitch with Bob Gibson, Sixty Feet, Six Inches, with Bob Gibson and Reggie Jackson, Long Shot with Mike Piazza, Bleachers: A Summer in Wrigley Field, and Intangiball, winner of a 2016 SABR Baseball Research Award.


How James Thomas “Cool Papa” Bell Became a Negro League Superstar

Lonnie Wheeler Celebrates One of the Fastest Men Ever to Play Baseball
February 10, 2021  By Lonnie Wheeler
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