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McAlester Miners
The McAlester Miners were a minor league baseball team based in McAlester, Oklahoma, that existed on-and-off from 1907 to 1926. In 1907, they played in the Oklahoma–Arkansas–Kansas League, in 1908 they played in the Oklahoma–Kansas League, in 1912 they played in the Oklahoma State League, and from 1914 to 1917, in 1922 and in 1926 they played in the Western Association. League championships Throughout their history, they won one league championship – in 1917, under manager Jimmie Humphries. That year, they finished first in the league with a 95–57 record. Notable alumni Baseball Hall of Fame alumni * Deacon White (1907) Inducted, 2013 Notable alumni * Harry Coveleski (1922, MGR) *Jimmie Humphries (1917, MGR) * Roy Johnson (1915) * Jerry Kane (1912, 1914, MGR) * Phil Ketter (1915) * Pryor McBee (1923) * Rolla Mapel (1916) * Rollie Naylor (1916) * Frank Thompson (1916) * Cotton Tierney (1912) See also McAlester Miners players McAlester may refer to: *McAlester, Oklahom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding team, called the pitcher, throws a ball that a player on the batting team, called the batter, tries to hit with a bat. The objective of the offensive team (batting team) is to hit the ball into the field of play, away from the other team's players, allowing its players to run the bases, having them advance counter-clockwise around four bases to score what are called " runs". The objective of the defensive team (referred to as the fielding team) is to prevent batters from becoming runners, and to prevent runners' advance around the bases. A run is scored when a runner legally advances around the bases in order and touches home plate (the place where the player started as a batter). The principal objective of the batting team is to have a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rollie Naylor
Roleine Cecil "Rollie" Naylor (February 4, 1892 – June 18, 1966) was an American professional baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ... player who pitched in the major leagues from 1917 until 1924. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics. References External links 1892 births 1966 deaths Bartlett (minor league baseball) players Baseball players from Texas Fort Smith Twins players Houston Buffaloes players Hugo Hugoites players Major League Baseball pitchers McAlester Miners players Mobile Bears players New Haven Murlins players Philadelphia Athletics players Pueblo Braves players Pueblo Steelworkers players Toledo Mud Hens players Toronto Maple Leafs (International League) players Tulsa Oilers (baseball) players Seattle Indians player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oklahoma State League Teams
Oklahoma (; Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New Mexico on the west, and Colorado on the northwest. Partially in the western extreme of the Upland South, it is the 20th-most extensive and the 28th-most populous of the 50 United States. Its residents are known as Oklahomans and its capital and largest city is Oklahoma City. The state's name is derived from the Choctaw words , 'people' and , which translates as 'red'. Oklahoma is also known informally by its nickname, " The Sooner State", in reference to the settlers who staked their claims on land before the official opening date of lands in the western Oklahoma Territory or before the Indian Appropriations Act of 1889, which increased European-American settlement in the eastern Indian Territory. Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
