Ad
related to: boston beaneaters history society of america store
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The 1897 Boston Beaneaters season was the 27th season of the franchise. The Beaneaters won the National League pennant, their fourth of the decade and their seventh overall. After the season, the Beaneaters played in the Temple Cup for the first time. They lost the series to the second-place Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 1.
Frank Gibson Selee (October 26, 1859 – July 5, 1909) was an American Major League Baseball manager in the National League (NL). In his 16-year Major League career, he managed the Boston Beaneaters (1890–1901) and Chicago Orphans / Cubs (1902–1905), [1] winning 1,284 games. Selee managed the Beaneaters during their 1890s run of five NL ...
The Red Stockings / Beaneaters / Braves played their home games in various ballparks and cities, and the South End Grounds remains their longest-used home field in their history: South End Grounds 1871–1914 (43 1/2 seasons) Fenway Park 1914–1915 (parts of 2 seasons) Braves Field 1915–1952 (37 1/2 seasons)
The ballpark, as the name implies, was along Congress Street, near the intersection of Thompson Place, and not far from the Fort Point Channel on South Boston Flats, a newly filled in piece of land on Boston Harbor. [2] The ground was home to the Boston Reds, [3] that played in the Players' League in 1890 and the American Association in 1891. [4]
The 1893 Boston Beaneaters season was the 23rd season of the franchise. They won their third straight and sixth overall National League pennant. Regular season
Throughout the 1920s, and 1930s the Boston Store was run by Philip Irving Stone. His nephew, Irving Stone, worked as a manager and, beginning in 1927, dated Broadway ingenue and later MGM movie star Jeanette MacDonald for a time. In December 1933, 600 of the store's 1000 employees walked out in a famous White Collar union strike. [2]
Boston Beaneaters: 69: 69 .500 20½ 41–29 28–40 Chicago Orphans: 53: 86 .381 37 30–39 23–47 New York Giants: 52: 85 .380 37 30–38 22–47 Cincinnati Reds: 52: 87 .374 38 27–43 25–44
He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of three seasons (1888–1890) with the Boston Beaneaters and Pittsburgh Alleghenys. For his career, he compiled a 29–30 record in 71 appearances, with a 3.34 earned run average and 205 strikeouts. Sowders was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and later died in Indianapolis at the age of 86.