Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.1
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
13147
Points per Word
0.000152
Page Count
112
Points per Page
0.017857
Series
Baseball Hall of Famers
Description
This book profiles the man who replaced Babe Ruth as "America's Home Run King" and also set records for RBIs and total bases run, despite the pressures of being one of the few black major league players in the 1950s.