On the downhill slide at the end of a distinguished career, pitcher Lefty Halliday tries to rise above both age and injuries to make a great last stand in baseball.
aka Albert Avellano, Jaime Sandaval, Gar Wilson (house name)
Dan J. Marlowe was a middle-aged businessman who, in the personal turmoil after the death of his wife of many years, decided to abandon his old life. He started writing, and his first novel was published when he was 45.
Marlowe's most famous book and his best-known character arrived from Fawcett Gold Medal Books in 1962 ("The Name of the Game Is Death").
Another FastBack Mystery, except it's not a regular mystery. It's about a baseball pitcher who is at the end of his arm. Not what I expected from Marlowe's previous work that I've read, but it was quite good. I don't even like baseball.