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Adrian Reformers
The Adrian Reformers were a minor league baseball team based in Adrian, Michigan. In 1895, the Reformers played as a member of the Class B level Michigan State League, winning the league championship. The Reformers were also known by the Adrian Demons moniker during the 1895 season. In 1895, Adrian, Michigan had two teams, also playing host to the Page Fence Giants of the negro leagues. With the two franchises sharing management, the Adrian Reformers signed six players from the Page Fence Giants during the 1895 season, integrating the Michigan State League and leading to the moniker change. The Reformers/Demons were followed in Adrian by the 1909 Adrian Yeggs, who began play in the Southern Michigan League. Adrian hosted all 1895 baseball home games at Lawrence Park. Baseball Hall of Fame members Bud Fowler and Honus Wagner both played for Adrian in 1895. History The Adrian Reformers became members of the reformed Class B level Michigan State League in 1895. The Michigan St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago Inter Ocean
The ''Chicago Inter Ocean'', also known as the ''Chicago Inter-Ocean'', is the name used for most of its history for a newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, from 1865 until 1914. Its editors included Charles A. Dana and Byron Andrews. History Founding The history of the ''Inter Ocean'' can be traced back to 1865 with the founding of the ''Chicago Republican'', a partisan newspaper that supported the Republican party. Jacob Bunn, a prominent Illinois financier and industrialist, was the principal founder, and at one time the sole owner, of the Chicago Republican Company, and cooperated with several other Illinois financiers to establish the newspaper company in 1865. After enjoying both economic success and the chaotic blow of the 1871 Chicago Fire, the ''Republican'' was relaunched in 1872 as the Chicago-based ''Inter Ocean'', a newspaper intended to appeal to an upscale readership. William Penn Nixon became president of the ''Inter-Ocean'' in 1876 and remained there, als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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''This is for players of the Adrian Demons minor league baseball team, that played in the Michigan State League The Michigan State League was a minor league baseball league that operated in various seasons between 1889 and 1941. The league franchises were based exclusively in Michigan, with the league forming on six different occasions. Twenty two different ... in 1895.'' Minor league baseball players by team Michigan State League teams Sports in Adrian, Michigan {{CatAutoTOC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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''This is for players of the Adrian Reformers minor league baseball team, that played in the Michigan State League The Michigan State League was a minor league baseball league that operated in various seasons between 1889 and 1941. The league franchises were based exclusively in Michigan, with the league forming on six different occasions. Twenty two different ... in 1895.'' Minor league baseball players by team Sports in Adrian, Michigan Michigan State League teams {{CatAutoTOC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Carrick
William Martin Carrick (September 5, 1873 – March 7, 1932) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was nicknamed Doughnut Bill.Wilbert, Warren N. ''The arrival of the American League: Ban Johnson and the 1901 challenge to National League monopoly'', McFarland, 2007, p. 77. Listed at and , Carrick batted and threw right-handed. He played for the New York Giants and the Washington Senators in a span of five seasons from through . Carrick's best pitch was the curveball.James, Bill, and Rob Neyer. ''The Neyer/James guide to pitchers: an historical compendium of pitching, pitchers, and pitches'', Simon and Schuster, 2004, p. 158. At one point during the 1901 season, he lost seventeen consecutive decisions."Baseball Gossip", The Pittsburg Press, August 31, 1901, p. 3. Following his major league career, Carrick continued to be active in professional ball in the minor leagues, while pitching for the Seattle Siwashes (1903), Toledo Mud Hens (1903), Fall River Indian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raisin River
The River Raisin is a river in southeastern Michigan, United States, that flows through glacial sediments into Lake Erie. The area today is an agricultural and industrial center of Michigan. The river flows for almost ,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 19, 2011 draining an area of in the Michigan counties of Lenawee, Washtenaw, Jackson, Hillsdale, and Monroe County, where its mouth at Lake Erie is located. French settlers named it as ''La Rivière aux Raisins'' because of the wild grapes growing along its banks, the French word for grape being ''raisin''. The French term for "raisin" is ''raisin sec'' (dry grape). History and geography The River Raisin was used by local Potawatomi and Wyandot peoples, who had a portage between the upper river to gain access into the Grand and Kalamazoo rivers flowing west toward Lake Michigan. The river is still classified as canoeable throughout its length. But, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baseball America
''Baseball America'' is a sports enterprise that covers baseball at every level, including MLB, with a particular focus on up-and-coming players in the MiLB, college, high school, and international leagues. It is currently published in the form of an editorial and stats website, a monthly magazine, a podcast network, and three annual reference book titles. It also regularly produces lists of the top prospects in the sport, and covers aspects of the game from a scouting and player-development point of view. Industry insiders look to BA for its expertise and insights related to annual and future MLB Drafts classes. The publication's motto is "The most trusted source in baseball." History ''Baseball America'' was founded in 1981 and has since grown into a full-service media company. Founder Allan Simpson began writing the magazine from Canada, originally calling it the ''All-America Baseball News''. By 1983, Simpson moved the magazine to Durham, North Carolina, after it was purcha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron And Oil League
The Iron and Oil League was a minor league baseball league that played in the 1895 and 1898 seasons. League teams were based in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York (state), New York and West Virginia. History The Iron and Oil League was a minor league formed in the 1890s and existing from time to time in the 1890s and 1900s. In 1898 one of the teams was a black team, the Celeron Acme Colored Giants. It is sometimes abbreviated as IOL. Honus Wagner and his brother Butts Wagner played in the league in 1895. Among other major leaguers, Jack Glasscock and Buck Weaver also played in the league. Cities represented *Bradford, PA: Bradford Pirates 1898 *Celoron, New York, Celoron, NY: Celeron 1895; Celoron Acme Colored Giants 1898 *Dunkirk, NY & Fredonia, NY: Dunkirk-Fredonia 1898 *Franklin, PA: Franklin Braves 1895 *Meadville, PA: Meadville 1898 *New Castle, PA: New Castle Quakers 1895 *Oil City, PA: Oil City Oilers 1895, 1898 *Olean, NY: Olean 1898 *Sharon, PA: Sharon 1895 *Titusv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wagner, Pennsylvania
Wagner is a census-designated place located in Decatur Township, Mifflin County in the state of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ..., United States. It is located along U.S. Route 522 in eastern Mifflin County, north of Shade Mountain. As of the 2010 censushttps://www.census.gov/# the population was 128 residents. References Census-designated places in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania Census-designated places in Pennsylvania {{MifflinCountyPA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erve Beck
Ervin Thomas Beck (July 19, 1878 – December 23, 1916), nicknamed "Dutch", was an American second baseman. He played three seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1899 to 1902 for the Brooklyn Superbas, Cleveland Blues, Cincinnati Reds, and Detroit Tigers."Erve Beck Statistics and History" Accessed June 8, 2017. Career Ervin Thomas Beck was born on July 19, 1878, in . He made his first professional baseball appearance at the age of 16, when he signed with the Adrian Reformers of the |
George Wilson (pitcher)
George H. Wilson (July 1875 – November 26, 1915) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played for major teams from 1895 to 1905 and pitched for Havana in the Cuban winter league of 1907. Baseball career Wilson lived in Palmyra Township, Michigan when the Page Fence Giants were founded in Adrian, the Lenawee County seat, for the 1895 season. At age 19 he pitched one game for the 1895 Giants but spent that season with Adrian's Adrian Demons club in the Michigan State League. There he was one of the last black players in organized baseball before 1946. He batted .327 and posted a 29–4 record as a pitcher, but the number of racially mixed leagues was already very low, the Michigan State League did not return, and none of Adrian's black players were rehired for 1896. With Page Fence in 1898, the Columbia Giants in 1899–1900, and during his first two seasons with the Chicago Union Giants in 1901–1905, Wilson worked with catcher Chappie Johnson. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
