Though many of his contemporaries considered him second only to
Babe Ruth in the 1920s and 1930s, Mickey Cochrane is often
overlooked by fans and historians. The hard-hitting catcher played
on three World Series winners. Fiercely competitive on the field,
Cochrane was a true gentleman off it. Though he was a highly
regarded member of the A's championship teams, it is his career in
Depression-era Detroit that he is best remembered. The pressure of
the adulation there and his duties as player, manager and Tigers
vice president led to a breakdown in 1935. On his way to recovery,
he was hit in the head by a pitch thrown by Bump Hadley and was
nearly killed, ending his career. This full story of Cochrane's
Hall of Fame career and his off-field life was researched from
primary documents and interviews with his family.
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