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The Pitch That Killed:
Carl Mays, Ray Chapman and the Pennant Race of 1920

Author	Mike Sowell
Language	English
Subject	Ray Chapman Carl Mays
Genre	Baseball history
Publisher	Macmillan
Publication date	1989 (1989)
Publication place	United States
ISBN	978-0026124102

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."

Come Aboard Productions optioned the film rights to Mike Sowell's book in 2013. In 2020, Los Angeles–based Bronson Park Films and SMA Creative acquired the documentary rights with Come Aboard Productions co-producing the project. Believeland director Andrew Billman is helming the documentary film titled War on the Diamond. The project is filming in 2021 with a planned Fall 2022 release.

References

1. "NY Times". NYTimes. 17 September 1989. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
2. War on the Diamond
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5. Sowell, Mike (23 December 2003). Amazon. Ivan R. Dee Publisher. ISBN 1566635519.
6. "TulsaWorld". TulsaWorld. Retrieved 31 August 2020.

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• 1989 non-fiction books
• Macmillan Publishers books
• Baseball books
• 1920 Major League Baseball season