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Mount Airy Graniteers
The Mount Airy Graniteers were a minor league baseball Class D team that represented the city of Mount Airy, North Carolina. The team played under two different names in two leagues over their 13 non-consecutive seasons spanning 1934–1950. The club joined the Bi-State League for the 1934 season. In 1935, the Graniteers changed its name to the Mount Airy Reds and continued to operate in the league through 1937. During that span, Mount Airy had affiliation agreements with the Cincinnati Reds (1935–1936) and the Pittsburgh Pirates (1937). Then, the team changed its name again to Mount Airy Graniteers and played uninterrupted until the 1941 season. After that, the city was without a professional club for the next four years.Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball In 1946, the Graniteers resurrected in a new circuit, the Blue Ridge League (1946–1950), playing there uninterrupted until the 1950 season. One of their most popular players was outfielder Gene Handley, who won a batti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Ridge League
The Blue Ridge League was the name of two minor league baseball organizations that operated in the first half of the twentieth century in the United States. History The first league operated for the better part of sixteen years, from 1915 through 1918, and 1920 to 1930. It was a Class D level league in the old classification system that ran from Class D up to Class Double-A, and had teams from Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The league was founded by Charles W. Boyer in 1915, as part of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues. Boyer, former president of the original South Atlantic League, served as the league president in the Blue Ridge League's inaugural season. Due to internal problems, Boyer resigned as president the first week of the 1916 season, being replaced by James Vincent Jamison Jr. Jamison was at the forefront of the league until it ceased its operations shortly before the beginning of the 1931 season. Blue Ridge League play officially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wytheville Statesmen
The Wytheville Statesmen were a minor league baseball team located in Wytheville, Virginia. The Statesmen were a member of the Appalachian League The Appalachian League is a collegiate summer baseball league that operates in the Appalachian regions of Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina. Designed for rising freshmen and sophomores using wood bats, its season runs from .... Affiliations The Statesmen were affiliated with the following major league teams: Defunct Appalachian League teams Baltimore Orioles minor league affiliates St. Louis Browns minor league affiliates Defunct baseball teams in Virginia 1953 establishments in Virginia 1954 disestablishments in Virginia Blue Ridge League teams Wytheville, Virginia References {{Virginia-baseball-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Lacy
Osceola Guy Lacy (June 12, 1897 in Cleveland, Tennessee – November 19, 1953) was a second baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the 1926 Cleveland Indians The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. Since , they have played at Progressive F .... He was a manager in the minor leagues from 1926 to 1941, winning league championships in 1931, 1934 and 1940. External links 1897 births 1953 deaths Major League Baseball second basemen Cleveland Indians players Minor league baseball managers Allentown Dukes players Americus Cardinals players Anniston Moulders players Bridgeport Bears (baseball) players Charlotte Hornets (baseball) players Chattanooga Lookouts players Columbia Comers players Greenville Spinners players Jackson Senators players Jackson Mississippians players Jacksonville Tars pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Kolp
Raymond Carl Kolp (October 1, 1894 – July 29, 1967) was a professional baseball pitcher. Kolp played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball between 1921 and 1934, playing in 1921-24 for the St. Louis Browns and 1927-34 for the Cincinnati Reds. Career Kolp played baseball as a youth (with the nickname "Jack") on New Berlin town teams and on the Electric Suction Sweepers, a team sponsored by the sweeper manufacturer that became the Hoover Company in 1922. Playing as "Ray Culp" for unclear contract-related reasons, he was a pitcher and shortstop for the Akron Numatics in 1920 in the minor's International League with famous teammate Jim Thorpe. In March 1921, Kolp was invited to a St. Louis Browns' tryout camp for pitchers and made the team to start his major league career. Early on, he seemed to have a jinx over the Cleveland Indians, beating them repeatedly, including his first trip to a big league mound on April 16, 1921. Over his career, Kolp was a good pitcher, but never a gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernie Kish
Ernest Alexander Kish (February 6, 1918 – December 21, 1993) was an American professional baseball outfielder who played for the 1945 Philadelphia Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). Listed at and , he batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Biography Kish played college baseball and college basketball at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, and then played one season of minor league baseball. In 1941, he appeared in 20 games for the Riverside Reds and 38 games for the Mount Airy Graniteers. In those 58 games, he compiled a .259 batting average with five home runs. Defensively, he had a .957 fielding average. He then served in the United States Coast Guard from April 1942 until July 1945. he contracted an illness during the North African landings which limited his future athletic potential. In 1945, Kish played his only season in the major leagues, appearing in games from late July through late September. In 43 games with the Philadelphia Athletics, he batted .245 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Kalin
Frank Bruno Kalin Fats"(October 3, 1917 – January 12, 1975) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. Kalin played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in and the Chicago White Sox in . In 7 career games, he had no hits in 7 at-bats. He batted and threw right-handed. From 1943 to 1945 Kalin served in the military during World War A world war is an international conflict which involves all or most of the world's major powers. Conventionally, the term is reserved for two major international conflicts that occurred during the first half of the 20th century, World WarI (1914 .... Kalin was born in Steubenville, Ohio and died in Weirton, West Virginia. References External links * 1917 births 1975 deaths Chicago White Sox players Pittsburgh Pirates players Major League Baseball outfielders Baseball players from Ohio McKeesport Tubers players Mount Airy Graniteers players Gadsden Pilots players St. Paul Saints (AA) players Hollywood Stars players Indianapolis Indians pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Gantenbein
Joseph Steven Gantenbein (August 25, 1915 – April 20, 1993) was an American Major League Baseball infielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1939 to 1940 for the Philadelphia Athletics. Listed at 5' 9", 168 lb., Gantenbein batted and threw right handed. He was born in San Francisco. In a two-season career, he posted a .272 batting average with eight home runs and 59 RBI in 186 games played. He also played for six Minor league teams in parts of 10 seasons spanning 1935–1949. Gantenbein died in Novato, California Novato (Spanish for "Novatus") is a city in Marin County, California, in the North Bay region of the Bay Area. At the 2020 census, Novato had a population of 53,225. History What is now Novato was originally the site of several Coast Miwok ..., at the age of 77. References 1915 births 1993 deaths Baseball players from San Francisco Durham Bulls players Klamath Falls Gems players Major League Baseball infielders Mount Airy Reds player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Donovan (Boston Braves Pitcher)
Willard Earl Donovan (July 6, 1916 – September 25, 1997) was an American baseball player who was a pitcher in Major League Baseball in 1942 and 1943 for the Boston Braves. Listed at , , Donovan was a switch-hitter and threw left-handed. He was born in Maywood, Illinois. Over two seasons, Donovan posted a 4–6 record with 23 strikeouts and a 3.20 ERA in 38 appearances, including 10 starts, two complete games, and 104 innings pitched In baseball, innings pitched (IP) are the number of innings a pitcher has completed, measured by the number of batters and baserunners that are put out while the pitcher is on the pitching mound in a game. Three outs made is equal to one innin .... From 1943 to 1945, Donovan served in the military during World War II. Donovan died in his homeland of Maywood, Illinois, at the age of 81. References External links * Major League Baseball pitchers Boston Braves players Reidsville Luckies players Portsmouth Cubs players Mount Airy Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vance Dinges
Vance George Dinges (May 29, 1915 – October 4, 1990) was an American professional baseball player. He appeared in 159 Major League games as a first baseman and outfielder for the 1945 and 1946 Philadelphia Phillies. The native of Elizabeth, New Jersey, threw and batted left-handed; he stood tall and weighed . Dinges' professional career lasted eleven seasons, 1938 through 1948. He was acquired by the Phillies from the Boston Red Sox in the 1944 Rule 5 draft; Phils' general manager Herb Pennock had previously been the head of the Red Sox' farm system. He made his MLB debut on April 17, 1945, and singled in his first at bat off Curt Davis of the Brooklyn Dodgers. He served as a backup outfielder and first baseman that seasons, appearing in 109 games and batting .287. He also hit his first MLB home run that April 24, a solo blast off the New York Giants' Andy Hansen. Dinges was named a member of the 1945 National League All-Star squad by The Sporting News. But no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chubby Dean
Alfred Lovell Dean (August 24, 1915 – December 21, 1970) was a Major League Baseball pitcher and first baseman. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1936 to 1941 and the Cleveland Indians The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. Since , they have played at Progressive F ... from 1941 to 1943. From 1943 to 1946 Dean served in the military during World War II. References External links * 1915 births 1970 deaths People from Mount Airy, North Carolina Major League Baseball pitchers Major League Baseball first basemen Philadelphia Athletics players Cleveland Indians players Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players Mount Airy Reds players Baseball players from North Carolina United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II United States Army Air Forces soldiers {{US-baseball-first-ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woody Crowson
Thomas Woodrow Crowson (September 9, 1918 – August 14, 1947) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics The Philadelphia Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Philadelphia from 1901 to 1954, when they moved to Kansas City, Missouri, and became the Kansas City Athletics. Following another move in 1967, the team became the Oaklan ... during the season. He died at age 28 when the team bus he was on crashed in North Carolina. External links 1918 births 1947 deaths Albany Senators players Baseball players from North Carolina Greensboro Patriots players Major League Baseball pitchers Mayodan Millers players Mount Airy Reds players People from Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina Philadelphia Athletics players Reidsville Luckies players Thomasville Tommies players Toronto Maple Leafs (International League) players Road incident deaths in North Carolina {{US-baseball-pitcher-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jess Cortazzo
John Francis "Jess" Cortazzo (September 26, 1904 – March 4, 1963) also known as ''Shine'' was a professional baseball player. He was a shortstop for one season (1923) with the Chicago White Sox. For his career, he appeared in one game and was retired in his only at bat. He was born in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania and died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ... at the age of 58. External links 1904 births 1963 deaths People from Wilmerding, Pennsylvania American people of Italian descent Baseball players from Pennsylvania Major League Baseball shortstops Chicago White Sox players Birmingham Barons players Canton Terriers players Dayton Ducks players Cumberland Colts players Johnstown Johnnies players Muskegon Anglers players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |