Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.6
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
11591
Points per Word
0.000173
Page Count
112
Points per Page
0.017857
Series
Baseball Hall of Famers
Description
This is a biography of the ballplayer known as widely for his unusual way with words as for his skill as a catcher, batter, and manager, set against the background of the times in which he lived and played.