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Sports writer. Argued baseball 'evolved'.
Invented Baseball statistics and Box Score
"Father of Baseball" 1870
1938: Elected into BHOF (only journalist in players wing) |
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President of Chicago White Stockings
Baseball an American Invention. Appoints Mills Commission 1905
1877-First player to wear a glove
"Our good old Amer. game of baseball must have an Amer. dad." |
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founder of Baseball according to Mills Commission.
Cooperstown NY 1839 |
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"Father of Baseball" (declared by congress in 1953)
1845-20 Rules for baseball |
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| Chicago. one of the first great hitters. 27 consecutive seasons. manager |
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| James Creighton "Superstar" |
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First to get paid.
Speedball, curveball, submarine fastball |
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| Pitcher. BHOF 1937. 511 career wins. holds record for most innings pitched |
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| One of the best players of all time. 222 out of 226 votes for BHOF in 1936. Batting avg of .366. |
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| Christy Matthewson "The Christian Gentleman" |
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| Pitcher. elected to BHOP in 1936. Giants! |
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| Grover Cleveland Alexander |
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| Pitcher. 1915 world series game with the phillies |
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| Lifelong pitcher for Washington Senators. record for 110 shut outs. won 1924 world series! Fastball |
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| Pitched over 400 innings twice |
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| fast/curve/screw ball. weird |
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| Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown |
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| pirates shortstop. BHOF 1936 |
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| left fielder. 3rd highest batting avg |
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Got struck and killed by a dirty ball.
Brought around rule that balls needed to be switched out on a regular basis.
This increased hits because the ball was more visible and livelier |
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Lots of tripls
Got suspended with Ty Cobb for gambling |
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winning-est manager in baseball history
New York Giants.
Got teams to their peak and then sold players for a lot of money |
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Philadelphia Athletics
Known for being a gentleman and enforcing good conduct from players |
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Chicago White Sox.
Terrible. Lied. Did not pay well. |
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1st Commissioner of game.
Established baseball monopoly |
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| Founder of American League |
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Founded "Players League" in 1890.
Challenged the Reserve Clause |
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Cardinals' General Manager.
Started the Farm System |
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| Black Sox Scandal of 1919 |
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| 8 players from White Sox got involved with gamblers and threw the 1919 WS |
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1869 Cincinnati Reds
Harry Wright |
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| Boston Red Sox sold him for _____ to New York Yankees to fund musical "No No Nanette" |
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| 1904: National League's New York Giants refused to play Ban Johnson's American League Boston Red Sox |
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Revolutionized the game.
Was the hero after the 1919 scandal.
Batting increased as everyone used his swing |
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No more 'gentleman's game'
took away from the 'purity' |
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| wound tighter, better hits |
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National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
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| 1871-First organized league |
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American Association of Professional Base Ball Players
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1881-'Beer Ball League'
Played on Sundays, sold beer, $.25 ticket |
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| 1887: .492 batting avg (walks counted) |
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| Pitcher foot on plate, lengthened distance between mound and home, overhand pitching, 4 balls = walk |
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| First manager to use bunts |
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Boston. "brainiest, cleverest and best"
1st non-player manager |
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| Baltimore-"The Napoleon of Baseball managers" |
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Dead Ball Era: soft, discolored, cork center, large strike zone. foul rules
Small Ball-get on base, steal, bunt
Large ball parks |
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| Cheap. Use minor leagues to train up own stars and then sell them for money |
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| Detroit Tigers after Ty Cobb was suspended for beating up a retarded fan |
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The Babe
Landis' ruling in 1919
Livelier Ball
paying players |
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| 1911-1920 (still dead ball era) |
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livelier ball introduced
WW1-shortened season to 140 games. players gone fighting |
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| 1920's "The Golden Age of Baseball" |
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| Babe Ruth. Increase in homeruns. Radio expanded audience |
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Race Integration-Reflect? Reinforce? Challenge?
Immigration-Irish and Germans (1890)
Transportation-invention of RR
World War 1
Individual/working rights
Trust-busting Era-crack down on monopolies such as baseball
Leisure time-social revolution of middleclass
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Capitalism
Craft of America |
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