World Series Spin-A-Fact
Detroit: Chrysler Motors Corporation, 1964. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Spinning discs. Approximately 8.5 inches in diameter. Three paper discs held together by a small center ring. The center disc is the largest. The two smaller discs, one on each side, is approximately 8 inches in diameter. The back side has sections from 1903 through 1933 (noting that there was no Series in 1904). For each section there are cut outs for the N.L. and A. L. Teams, Winner, and Manager; Highlights. Pitching Leaders with wins and losses, and N.L. and A.L batting Leaders and Home Runs and Percentage. The front side [based on more information on "Your Chrysler-Plymouth Dealer, has sections for the years 1934 through 1963. One side also has a list of the Top Ten World Series Thrills. The other side has a list of Outstanding World Series Records. There is a small copyright notice for Ernie Harwell. William Earnest Harwell (January 25, 1918 – May 4, 2010) was an American sportscaster, known for his long career calling play-by-play of Major League Baseball games. For 55 seasons, 42 of them with the Detroit Tigers, Harwell called the action on radio and/or television. In January 2009, the American Sportscasters Association ranked Harwell 16th on its list of Top 50 Sportscasters of All Time. Harwell's broadcast for the Giants of the third and final game of the 1951 National League tie-breaker series against the Dodgers, which ended with the pennant-clinching "Shot Heard 'Round the World" home run by the Giants' Bobby Thompson, was carried nationally on NBC. Harwell helped broadcast two All-Star Games (1958, 1961) and two World Series (1963, 1968) for NBC. He called the 1984 World Series locally. More