Sportspeople from Manhattan: Hoyt Wilhelm, Roger Clemens, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Hank Greenberg, Lou Gehrig, Bob Cousy, Moe Berg, Elston Howard

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 54. Chapters: Hoyt Wilhelm, Roger Clemens, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Hank Greenberg, Lou Gehrig, Bob Cousy, Moe Berg, Elston Howard, Ben Chapman, Monte Irvin, Al Leiter, Mo Vaughn, Ray Williams, Ron Guidry, Wally Backman, Todd Zeile, George Foster, Butch Lee, Walter Berry, James Luisi, Scott Brosius, Tommy Byrne, Luis Flores, Bobby Jones, Rick Reed, Darryl Hamilton, James Butler, Willie Banks, Joe Erskine, Kareem Campbell, Jeremy Hazell, Aaron Bates, Mel Queen, Steve Kline, Mike Alexander. Excerpt: William Roger Clemens (born August 4, 1962), nicknamed "Rocket", is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who broke into the league with the Boston Red Sox, whose pitching staff he would help anchor for 12 years. Clemens won seven Cy Young Awards, more than any other pitcher. He played for four different teams over his 23-year playing career. In each of his two seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays, Clemens won the pitching triple crown (leading the league in wins, ERA, and strikeouts) and a Cy Young Award. Clemens was traded to the New York Yankees for the 1999 season, where he had his first World Series success. In 2003, he reached his 300th win and 4,000th strikeout in the same game. Clemens is one of only four pitchers to have more than 4,000 strikeouts in their career (the others are pitchers Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson, and Steve Carlton). Clemens played three seasons with the Houston Astros, where he won his seventh Cy Young Award. He rejoined the New York Yankees during the 2007 season. Clemens was alleged by the Mitchell Report to have used anabolic steroids during his late career, mainly because of testimony given by his former trainer, Brian McNamee. Clemens firmly denied these allegations under oath before Congress, leading congressional leaders to refer his case to the Justice Department on suspicions of perjury. On May 12, 2009, h...