Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.7
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
1643
Points per Word
0.000304
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
This is the inspiring story of an amazing pitcher who was determined to stay in the game. Satchel Paige could throw a baseball like no one else, but when he began his career in the 1920s, African American players were kept out of the major leagues.