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The Irish in Baseball ALSO by DAVID L
The Irish in Baseball ALSO BY DAVID L. FLEITZ AND FROM MCFARLAND Shoeless: The Life and Times of Joe Jackson (Large Print) (2008) [2001] More Ghosts in the Gallery: Another Sixteen Little-Known Greats at Cooperstown (2007) Cap Anson: The Grand Old Man of Baseball (2005) Ghosts in the Gallery at Cooperstown: Sixteen Little-Known Members of the Hall of Fame (2004) Louis Sockalexis: The First Cleveland Indian (2002) Shoeless: The Life and Times of Joe Jackson (2001) The Irish in Baseball An Early History DAVID L. FLEITZ McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Jefferson, North Carolina, and London LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGUING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Fleitz, David L., 1955– The Irish in baseball : an early history / David L. Fleitz. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7864-3419-0 softcover : 50# alkaline paper 1. Baseball—United States—History—19th century. 2. Irish American baseball players—History—19th century. 3. Irish Americans—History—19th century. 4. Ireland—Emigration and immigration—History—19th century. 5. United States—Emigration and immigration—History—19th century. I. Title. GV863.A1F63 2009 796.357'640973—dc22 2009001305 British Library cataloguing data are available ©2009 David L. Fleitz. All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. On the cover: (left to right) Willie Keeler, Hughey Jennings, groundskeeper Joe Murphy, Joe Kelley and John McGraw of the Baltimore Orioles (Sports Legends Museum, Baltimore, Maryland) Manufactured in the United States of America McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Box 611, Je›erson, North Carolina 28640 www.mcfarlandpub.com Acknowledgments I would like to thank a few people and organizations that helped make this book possible. -
Triple Plays Analysis
A Second Look At The Triple Plays By Chuck Rosciam This analysis updates my original paper published on SABR.org and Retrosheet.org and my Triple Plays sub-website at SABR. The origin of the extensive triple play database1 from which this analysis stems is the SABR Triple Play Project co-chaired by myself and Frank Hamilton with the assistance of dozens of SABR researchers2. Using the original triple play database and updating/validating each play, I used event files and box scores from Retrosheet3 to build a current database containing all of the recorded plays in which three outs were made (1876-2019). In this updated data set 719 triple plays (TP) were identified. [See complete list/table elsewhere on Retrosheet.org under FEATURES and then under NOTEWORTHY EVENTS]. The 719 triple plays covered one-hundred-forty-four seasons. 1890 was the Year of the Triple Play that saw nineteen of them turned. There were none in 1961 and in 1974. On average the number of TP’s is 4.9 per year. The number of TP’s each year were: Total Triple Plays Each Year (all Leagues) Ye a r T P's Ye a r T P's Ye a r T P's Ye a r T P's Ye a r T P's Ye a r T P's <1876 1900 1 1925 7 1950 5 1975 1 2000 5 1876 3 1901 8 1926 9 1951 4 1976 3 2001 2 1877 3 1902 6 1927 9 1952 3 1977 6 2002 6 1878 2 1903 7 1928 2 1953 5 1978 6 2003 2 1879 2 1904 1 1929 11 1954 5 1979 11 2004 3 1880 4 1905 8 1930 7 1955 7 1980 5 2005 1 1881 3 1906 4 1931 8 1956 2 1981 5 2006 5 1882 10 1907 3 1932 3 1957 4 1982 4 2007 4 1883 2 1908 7 1933 2 1958 4 1983 5 2008 2 1884 10 1909 4 1934 5 1959 2 -
BASE BALL, BICYCLING and and a Win for the Worcesters Was Macou Was Taken Into the League As a in Looked For
THE SPORTINGLIFECOFYHIOHT, 1884, BY TEE 3PORTINO LIPB FVB. OO. ENTERED AT PHILA. P. O. AS SECOND CLASS MATTER. VOLUME 22, NO. 23. PHILADELPHIA, PA., MARCH 3, 1894. PRICE, TEN CENTS. the League. Everything points that remember after we rode out to the way. They have an imaginary griev grounds at Agricultural Park, when THE SPORTING LIFE. ance against the Southern League, sim A DODBTMMOYE. EASTERNAFFAIRS, we walked down the track somebody A WEEKLY JOURNAL ply because the League exercised its in the crowd shouted, 'Look at the mur M'NABB'S CRIME. prerogative arid installed Macou, in derers. Devoted to stead of giving the place to Mont AN OPPOSITION "Richmond was pitching that day, gomery. The idea is prevalent that LEAGUE TALKED OF THE RECENT SDCCESSFDL MEETING AWFDL RESULTS OF ILLICIT CON BASE BALL, BICYCLING AND and a win for the Worcesters was Macou was taken into the League as a IN looked for. He had come here on a GENERAL SPORTS AND compromise, with the understanding THE SOOTH. OF THE LEAGUE REVIEWED. special train. But we won, 11 to NECTION WITH AN ACTRESS. that they would 10. PASTIMES. immediately withdraw We just broke Richmond's heart, mak their case. This may have had some ing twenty-one base hits. We had to thing to do with it, but tho principal Birmingham and Montgomery, the! The Value ol Holding the Meeting make that number, as he would not let The Well-Known Base Ball Player Published by reason was that the situation of Maeon us steal a base. How well I remember prevented long jumps that would other Excluded Cities, at the Head ol a in the Metropolis-The Substitu how Stovey chased the ball over the Fatally Shoots THE SPORTING LIFE PUBLISHING CO. -
DIRECTORY Hsd the Sacred Codfish In, the State House AUTOMOBILES and ACCESSORIES for the Asking
TTIE OMAITA SUNDAY BEE: FEBKITATtY 27, 191 G. 8 John Morrill, who handled the Hoetona In BEST BASE BALL MANAGERS 13 with skill, was a splendid leader. He took a team of ordinary players that year and developed a base ball machine that Omaha's Dates OIVIVMA. Famoni Team Handleri of the Pat swept all before It. At the outset Poeton THE BEE'S Pecallcd. fans were In the dumps, hut aa the season rail List of Oamea In Which progressed and Morrill's men continued to the Bonrke Tamlly will Take climb the ladder Modern Athens went wild Far Snrtag the Coming FUylng aeon MEN WHO COULD RUN A TEAM with dellptit and John Morrill could have of the Western league. OF"DIRECTORY hsd the sacred codfish In, the state house AUTOMOBILES AND ACCESSORIES for the asking. Frank Bancroft, now tlie A noon, DITt. AT 'Wrlaht, elee, Hanlon Con.' business mnnaitrr of tha Cincinnati Reds, April aa IOME. ItWOiD, wss the nominal manager Wichita lake?, nnil Mrdnw, (Inrkf, of the Providence April S3 Wichita JACKCON R. R. KIM D ' lirays when they carried off first honors In April 94 Wichita ALL, (kanrr, Jrnilnti and April S9 Detroif-Elccir- 1M. but Iladbnurn got the most credit April aa Wlohita ic Pioneer Implement Co. 2026 Farnam St. Mark Compared. beottiiKe of his phenomenal pitching, Denver April 97 Denver Council Bluffs, Ibwi. W. .11. Wstklns was the manager of the April 98 April Denver champion letrolts In 1887. but much of 99 Denver passenger . .81.100 Rase b.rll managers in '.esgues IiIii and . -
Outside the Lines of Gilded Age Baseball: Profits, Beer, and the Origins of the Brotherhood War Robert Allan Bauer University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville ScholarWorks@UARK Theses and Dissertations 7-2015 Outside the Lines of Gilded Age Baseball: Profits, Beer, and the Origins of the Brotherhood War Robert Allan Bauer University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd Part of the Sports Studies Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Bauer, Robert Allan, "Outside the Lines of Gilded Age Baseball: Profits, Beer, and the Origins of the Brotherhood War" (2015). Theses and Dissertations. 1215. http://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/1215 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. Outside the Line of Gilded Age Baseball: Profits, Beer, and the Origins of the Brotherhood War Outside the Lines of Gilded Age Baseball: Profits, Beer, and the Origins of the Brotherhood War A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History by Robert A. Bauer Washington State University Bachelor of Arts in History and Social Studies, 1998 University of Washington Master of Education, 2003 University of Montana Master of Arts in History, 2006 July 2015 University of Arkansas This dissertation is approved for recommendation to the Graduate Council. ___________________________________ Dr. Elliott West Dissertation Director ___________________________________ _________________________________ Dr. Jeannie Whayne Dr. Patrick Williams Committee Member Committee Member Abstract In 1890, members of the Brotherhood of Professional Base Ball Players elected to secede from the National League and form their own organization, which they called the Players League. -
Arthur Soden's Legacy: the Origins and Early History of Baseball's Reserve System Edmund P
Notre Dame Law School NDLScholarship Journal Articles Publications 2012 Arthur Soden's Legacy: The Origins and Early History of Baseball's Reserve System Edmund P. Edmonds Notre Dame Law School, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/law_faculty_scholarship Part of the Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law Commons, and the Other Law Commons Recommended Citation Edmund P. Edmonds, Arthur Soden's Legacy: The Origins and Early History of Baseball's Reserve System, 5 Alb. Gov't L. Rev. 38 (2012). Available at: https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/law_faculty_scholarship/390 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Publications at NDLScholarship. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal Articles by an authorized administrator of NDLScholarship. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ARTHUR SODEN'S LEGACY: THE ORIGINS AND EARLY HISTORY OF BASEBALL'S RESERVE SYSTEM Ed Edmonds* INTRODUCTION ............................................ 39 I. BASEBALL BECOMES OPENLY PROFESSIONAL.. .............. 40 A. The National Association of ProfessionalBase Ball Players .................................... 40 B. William Hulbert and the Creation of the National League..............................43 II. THE SODEN/O'ROURKE - GEORGE WRIGHT CONTROVERSY AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RESERVE SYSTEM..........45 III. NEW COMPETITION: THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION AND THE UNION LEAGUE ........................... 51 IV. WARD ATTACKS THE RESERVE CLAUSE ......... ........... 66 A. The November 1887 League Meetings ..... ........ 70 B. Richter's Millennium Plan and Salary Classification.... 71 C. Brush ClassificationPlan ............. ........... 72 D. The Players' League..........................74 V. METROPOLITAN EXHIBITION COMPANY SEEKS INJUNCTION AGAINST WARD ...................................... 75 VI. Two PHILADELPHIA TEAMS FIGHT OVER BILL HALLMAN.......79 VII. ROUND TWO FOR THE GIANTS .................... -
Base Ball Uniforms VISIONS of a REGULAR WHIRL to the Expressed Doubt I Offered This Decla Ration As an Emphatic Offset: "Want a / WIND OUTFIELD, WINNER
mm DEVOTED TO BASE BALL, TRAP SHOOTING AND GENERAL SPORTS Title Begistared in U. S. Patent Office. Copyright, 1909, by Th» Sporting Lif« Publishing Company. Vol. 53 No. 4 Philadelphia, April 3, 1909 Price 5 Gents STARS SHINE NO MORE! The Two Chicago Able Manager- Clubs Suffer Very Captain, Fielder Heavy Loss in Jones, and the the Retirement of "Cubs©"Peerless the "White Sox" Catcher, J. Kling. SPECIAL TO "SPORTING LIFE." a kick coming and it isn©t a question of OBTLAND, Ore., March 29. A salary. If I played ball I would be per short half hour©s conference fectly willing to return to Chicago at the here, on Thursday last, with same money I received last season. Bat Fielder Jones convinced C. A. Comiskey, president of the I©ve got a proposition here that will make Chicago White Sox, that his for me $150,000 in ten years. I have been mer manager©s determination to figuring for a long time and have come to retire from active participation in base the conclusion I must remain here this §um- ball was irrevocable, and that the only mer. possible method of retaining his services would be as a partner in the owner BUSINESS NEEDS CLOSE ATTENTION. ship of the White Sox, a proposition which "You see, I©ve got an investment of the Chicago magnate declined to consider. $75,000 here, and that©s a lot of money The conditions under which Jones could tied up. Every winter I come back and have been induced to remain in charge of work up a good billiard business. -
Esearc JOURNAL
THE ase a esearc JOURNAL OMPARISONS BETWEEN athletes of to; Fourteenth Annual Historical and Statistical Review day and those of yesteryear are inevitable. In of'the Society for American Baseball Research C many respects baseball lends itself'to such as; sessments to a greater degree than any sport. This is so for at least two reasons: l;The nature of the game remains Cobb, Jackson and Applied Psychology, David Shoebotham 2 Protested Games Muddle Records, Raymond]. Gonzalez 5 essentially the same now as when itfirst was played, and Honest John Kelly, James D. Smith III 7 2;Statistical documentationofplayerachievements spans Milwaukee's Early/Teams, Ed Coen 10 bas~. more, than a century, thus providing a solid data Pitching Triple Crown, Martin C. Babicz 13 As Pete ,Rose approached - and then broke - the Researcher's Notebook, Al Kermisch 15 hallowed record for career hits held by T y Cobb, another Alabama Pitts, Joseph M. Overfield 19 flood of comparisons began taking shape. Pete was quick Dickshot's Hitting Streak, Willie Runquist 23 to say hedidn't feel he was a greater player than Cobb had A Conversation with BilLJames; Jay Feldman 26 been, but added merely that he had produced more hits. Tim McNamara, Jim Murphy 30 The two men had much in common, of cQurse.Both Change of Allegiance, HenryL. Freund, Jr. 33 were always known as flerce competitors. Each spent most Stars Put'Syracuse on Map, Lloyd Johnson 35 of his CHreer with on,e club and eventually managed that Counting Stats, New Stats, Bobby Fong 37 team. And in a touch of irony, Cobb was in his eighty; Ruth's 1920 Record Best Ever, Larry Thompson 41 Lifetime 1.000 Hitters, Charles W. -
Nil Htcomb, a Left Bander, Were the and Batsmen but Comparatively Few Box- - Trophy, by Commodore IT
10 THE RUN. SUNDAY JULY 30, 1911. MOTOR BOATIXG. J. Grossman, captain of Stuyvesant Hlfh Jdlled himself a few year later, became the PITCHERS OF THE THE CHESS PLAYERS' CORNER School and Mark Nave, CHICAGO LEADS IN PENNANTS eadlng catcher, with Charley (laurel and STAR LEFT HANDED TOPICS DIAMOND MOBLXM NO. I"7 HT K. FatTICS. Fred Lake extra backstops, rred Tenney Viva to Race for Gold Cop Programme Hack 7 Piece. had succeeded Tucker on first base and Annnal Jimmy Collin had supplanted Nnh at of the Carnival. CBAMPIOX LASHER TO VISIT TEN OF THEM WOX IS third, Lone played second and Long COMPARATIVELY FEW OF THEM The Viva, owned by Bear Commodore YOUTH ntEOOMIXATES ;,y short, the latter having Bob Allen us an J. Stuart lllockton Of the Motor Boat Club MA,IOR TEAMS. TlitS COVSTRy IX FALL. HHM HAM LEAGUE RACES. understudy. Tommy McCarthy had been IX THE DIG LEAGUES. LEAGUE replaced with Chick Hiatal, who later com- of America, has been selected a a chal m m mitted suicide, while the othor outfielder lenger for the Gold Challenge cup which :t InR Lecture and Exhibi- In Windy City Sharer! by Captf. were Duffy and Hilly Hamilton. This team Ilncker Appear to ne the Heat of the will be raced for on the St. Lawrence Itlver And a Majority of Them Hate Sumrirnt lie Intends Honor the won o.i gomes nnd lost :ui. Crop-n- Will under the nusnlces of tho Frontenac Yacht Young tions In ibc Principal :iub of the Anion and Chance notion Hm Cap- eighth wo won in tsos Modern ot Old Timer Material to Itetaln Present Boston's iiennant August 0 arid 10. -
Esearc JOURNAL
THE ase a esearc JOURNAL ASEBALL LENDS ITSELF to oral journalism The Seventeenth Annual like no other sport. The game's stately pace, Historical and Statistical Review B endless complexity, and utter unpredictability of the Society for American Baseball Research make it fertile ground for storytellers. And the best of them seem to be ex~players. If SABR members were Retroactive Cy Young Awards, Lyle Spatz 2 polled about their favorite baseball book, odds are the Batting Eye Index, Cappy Gagnon 6 runaway winner would be The Glory of Their Times, Bill Sisler, Ed Brooks 10 ,Lawrence Ritter's interviews with stars from the early Buzz Arlett, Gerald Tomlinson 13 years of the century. R,otisserie Leagues and New Stats, Ron Shandler 17 In this issue we are pleased to excerpt the Frenchy Bill Mazeroski, Jim Kaplan 21 Bordagaray interview from a new oral history, Innings Latin American All.. Star Game, Edward Mandt 23 Ago: Recollections by Kansas City'Ballplayers oftheir Days in Player.. Managers, Bob Bailey 25 the Game, by Jack Etkin. Don't let the regional approach Runs Produced Plus, Bobby Fong 34 fool you: The subject is baseball-universal. Interviewing Denny McLain in 1968, Larry Amman 38 former major~league Athletics, minor~league Blues, and Bob Gibson in 1968, Peter Gordon 41 Negro~league Monarchs, Etkin discovered a range of Retooling the Batter, Gaylord Clark 45 Willie Wells, John Holway 50 baseball experience from sudden success to unfulfilled The Times Were A ..Changin',· Ron Briley 54 talent to squandered opportunity. "Dick Howser once Jet Lag and Pennant Races, Bruce Goldberg 61 said that all ballplayers felt they could have been better," Musing on Maris, Ralph Houk and Robert W. -
BA MSS 14 Long Papers
Collection Number BA MSS 14 BL-2666.2001 Titles Frederick E. Long Papers Inclusive Dates 1871-1905 Abstract The collection is comprised of records and correspondence relating to the operation of the baseball clubs, with the bulk of the material consisting of financial and administrative records. Other records document player contracts, player negotiations and hiring decisions, and stockholder relations. The records of the Players’ League team focus on the issues involved in setting up a team including hiring players, constructing a stadium, and negotiating concessions contracts. A small number of news clippings describing Boston baseball games are also part of the collection. Provenance This collection was donated to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in 1983. Collection arranged and described by Anne McFarland in October 2001, with additional processing by Jonathan Nelson in January 2002. Access By appointment during regular business hours, email [email protected]. Available on microfilm. Separations Game passes and ticket books were transferred to the Museum Archives of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in October 2001. Grants: CL-10021-01 (IMLS) Historical Background Frederick E. Long was the treasurer of the Boston Base Ball Club (ca. 1871-1888). It appears that Long’s tenure with the Boston National League Club ended sometime in 1888, perhaps after he, Mr. Charles H. Porter and Mr. J.B. Hart petitioned the Board of Directors for season passes for stockholders. Long was awarded a lifetime pass to all Boston Base Ball Club games by J.B. Billings, the new treasurer, in 1888. By 1889, Long was the treasurer for the Boston Players’ National League Base Ball Club. -
How to Buy Claflin Base Ball Shoes by Mail
Volume 49, No. 6. Philadelphia, April 20, 1907. Price, Five Cents. GIVES LESSONS A SHIFT IN CINCINNATI CLUB©S MANAGER JENNINGS© NOVEL STOCK HOLDINGS* METHOD OF INSTRUCTION. George B* Cox Disposes of His In Puts His Ideas on Ball Playing Into terest to a Friend of Mr* Herr- Writing and Insists Upon the mann Mike Donlin Really Joins Members of His Detroit Team the Outlaws News by Wire, Studying Them in Leisure Hours SPECIAL TO "SPORTING LIFE." SPECIAL TO "SPORTING LOTS." Cincinnati, O., April 15. A proposition Detroit, Mich., April 16. The Detroit jokingly put up to him by Thomas L. Club©s new manager, Hugl Jennings, is not Logan, fashionable tailor, will result in the only intensely practical, but also highly retirement from the Cincin original. When you went nati Base Ball Club of to school as a 1>oy you prob Geo. B. Cox, famed political ably kicked ag..ainst getting boss, and one-third owner lessons because, you wanted of the Cincinnati Exhibition to play ball. But the major Company, operating the Na league ball players at least tional League club, if Logan the Tigers have their les produces a sum of money sons to study nightly despite estimated at $75,000 and the fact that their whole purchases Cox©s holdings, time is devoted to the game. which is deemed not improb They can©t dodge study by able. At the base ball ban playing ball. Manager Jen quet given by Garry Herr- nings has had carbon copies niaun on April 6 Cox de of base ball articles written Hon.