HI Folks! It has been awhile but it is Harry Musgrave back once again to shed some light on 1909 St. Louis Reds. They had a surprisingly good season last year, one in which they finished with the second best record in the Western League but a quite a distance behind Cleveland. If it had…
When the OSA published their annual preseason predictions, most Brewers fans raised their eyebrows: Bottom last of the division with a 49-71 record. But it was strange that they were almost correct in their assumption. The Preseason October 1907 had two significant events for the Brewers. Outfielder Arnold Hill signed a contract worth nearly $67,000….
On June 14th, 1908, a crowd of about 3,000 spectators witnessed a comeback victory for the Chicago Doves over Great Lakes Division rival Detroit at The Old Grounds. The famous baseball stadium, at less than half-capacity, was missing an unmistakable energy. An energy that was once familiar to The Old Grounds and the city of…
(Written by Steve M.) Victory BreadBy Moe Nash Dear Mr. Henri,It was with regret that I retired from the Legacy Baseball League at the youthful age of twenty-six years.It became clear that my rookie season at age 20 was a happenstance of luck more than skill as mynumbers would never come close to the .726…
It had been four straight years of playoff disappointment, but the streak looked like it could extend to half of a decade. For the second consecutive year, Brooklyn and Richmond had battled to a standstill in the Eastern League Cup 2-2. The Western League Champion–a familiar foe from 1901 and 1902–had already been declared with…
As the 1908 Legacy Baseball season came to a close with the Brooklyn Whales defeating the Twin Cities Empire five games to one, the Pittsburgh Oilers had finished in a respectable 3rd place in the Frontier Division of the Western League, with an even 60-60 record. The Oilers’ owner, Chester Colfax had decided a new…
With the 16th pick of the 1908 amateur draft, the Brooklyn Whales selected 18 year old outfielder Erwin Ford. Ford, a tall and slender switch hitter with a sweet swing had proven himself to be an excellent hitter in the Legacy Baseball Academy League with a career slash line of .278/.409/.524 (152 wRC+) with 47…
As the league lore goes, “The first pitch of the Legacy Baseball League was hurled by Stephen Millington of the Philadelphia Brewers from the mound at Libby Hill, Virginia, to CF Cooper Fowler* of the Richmond Rifles, on the first day of Spring: March 21st, 1895.” Fowler would go on to spark the movement for the Legacy Negro Baseball League and serve…
As the train chugged along the tracks, Rusty Hall gazed out of the window, lost in his thoughts. The invitation from his former baseball club, the Philadelphia Brewers, had stirred up a mix of emotions within him. It had been only a few months since he retired at the end of the 1907 season. Since…
by John M. It seemed strange leaving my team in mid-season, but I had received a summons- the kind of summons one could not refuse. A summons from Jack Vaughn, the owner of the Doves, to visit him and explain the direction the team was taking. Mr. Vaughn was currently residing at the famous sanitarium…