The Coal Barons Played Cuban Giants

A History of Early Professional Baseball in Pennsylvania, 1886-1896

Paul Browne (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

248 Seiten

2013
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-6125-7 (ISBN)

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A study of the Pennsylvania state baseball leagues of the 1880s and 1890s, some of the most interesting minor leagues in the history of baseball. The rules were changing, the world around baseball, particularly the economy, was changing and things that would seem impossible today, or from 1903 to the 1950s, were happening every year.

The Pennsylvania state leagues of the 1880s and 1890s rank among the most interesting minor leagues in the history of baseball. The rules were changing, the world around baseball, particularly the economy, was changing and things that would seem impossible in a later time were happening every year.

These leagues had not only black players but also wholly black teams. They had great major leaguers--on their way up but also on the way back down. In fact, the greatest player of the age, surrounded by what would have been a major league all-star team only a few years before, played in a Pennsylvania minor league for almost a full season. The play was exciting, the players were exciting and the owners, managers and league politics were often more interesting than the games.

Paul Browne is executive director of the Carbondale Technology Transfer Center. A member of SABR since the mid–1990s, he has contributed to the SABR BioProject site, SABR’s Nineteenth and Minor Leagues Committee newsletters and local newspapers. He lives in Carbondale, Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

Prelude: 1885

1 delete1886: “The Elmira-Scranton Patent Double Back Action Combination Base Ball Team”

2 delete1887: Secession

3 delete1888: Will the Real Pennsylvania State League Please Stand Up?

4 delete1889: The Cuban Giants

5 delete1890: The Monarchs of York

6 delete1891: Failure to Launch

7 delete1892: The Pennsylvania State League

8 delete1893: Diddlebock and the Philadelphia Inquirer

9 delete1894: The Coming of the King

10 delete1895: Hard Coal Champions

11 delete1896: The Philadelphia Athletics

12 delete1897: The Passing of an Idea

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Zusatzinfo	48 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	336 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
Themenwelt	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-7864-6125-X / 078646125X
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-6125-7 / 9780786461257
Zustand	Neuware