The Pitch That Killed

The Pitch That Killed: Carl Mays, Ray Chapman and the Pennant Race of 1920 is a non-fiction baseball book written by Mike Sowell and published in 1989. The book concentrates on the 1920 major league season, especially the events surrounding Ray Chapman's death from a pitch thrown by Carl Mays.

It won the CASEY Award for best baseball book of 1989 and was selected as a New York Times "Notable Book of the Year."

Mike Sowell's book was optioned by Come Aboard Productions. As of 2013, the production company was in development on a feature film based on the story from The Pitch That Killed.[Website/TV show 1][1][2]

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