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Northwestern League (1905–17)
The Northwestern League was a sports league that operated in the Central United States during the early years of professional baseball for six seasons: 1879, 1883–1884, 1886–1887, and 1891. After the 1887 season, the league was replaced by the Western Association, although the Northwestern League returned for its final season in 1891 as an independent baseball league. The Northwestern League of 1883–1884 is considered the first baseball "Minor League Baseball, minor league", as it was party to the National Agreement (baseball), National Agreement of 1883, along with the National League (baseball), National League and American Association (1882–1891), American Association, whereby the leagues agreed to honor each other's suspensions, expulsions, and player reserve clauses, and established territorial rights. An unrelated Northwestern League (1905–1917), Northwestern League, located in the Pacific Northwest, later formed in 1905. Results by season The league operated fo ... [...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] |
Rockford White Stockings
Rockford or Rockfords may refer to: Places United States * Rockford, Illinois, a city, the largest municipality of this name *Rockford, Alabama, a town * Rockford, Idaho, a census-designated place * Rockford metropolitan area, Illinois, a United States Census Bureau statistical area * Rockford, Jackson County, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Rockford, Wells County, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Rockford, Iowa, a city * Rockford, Michigan, a city * Rockford, Minnesota, a city * Rockford, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Rockford, Nebraska, an unincorporated community * Rockford, North Carolina, an unincorporated community * Rockford, Ohio, a village * Rockford, Tuscarawas County, Ohio * Rockford, Tennessee, a city * Rockford, Washington, a town * Rockford Township (other) Elsewhere * Rockford, Hampshire, England, a hamlet * Rockford, New Zealand, a locality in the Waimakariri District Arts and entertainment * ''Rockford'' (album), a 2006 album b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bay City, Michigan
Bay City is a city and county seat of Bay County in the U.S. state of Michigan, located near the base of the Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 34,932, and it is the principal city of the Bay City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Saginaw-Midland-Bay City Combined Statistical Area. The city, along with nearby Midland and Saginaw, form the Greater Tri-Cities region of Central Michigan. The city is geographically divided by the Saginaw River, and travel between the east and west sides of the city is made possible by four modern bascule-type drawbridges: Liberty Bridge, Veterans Memorial Bridge, Independence Bridge, and Lafayette Avenue Bridge, which allow large ships to travel easily down the river. The city is served by MBS International Airport, located in nearby Freeland, and James Clements Municipal Airport. History Leon Tromblé is regarded as the first settler within the limits of Bay County, in an area w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Peters (shortstop)
John Phillip Peters (April 8, 1850 – January 4, 1924) was a shortstop who played in Major League Baseball with four clubs from through . Peters batted and threw right-handed. Biography He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Peters reached the majors in 1874 with the Chicago White Stockings ( NA/ NL), spending four years with them before moving to the Milwaukee Grays (NL, 1878), again with Chicago (NL, 1879), and the Providence Grays (NL, 1880), Buffalo Bisons (NL, 1881) and Pittsburgh Alleghenys (NL, 1882–1884). He was the everyday shortstop of the pennant-winning 1876 Chicago White Stockings in the very first year of the National League. Peters averaged .328 from 1876 to 1878, with a career-high .351 in the 1876 championship season to finish fourth in the National League batting title behind Ross Barnes (.429), George Hall (.366) and Cap Anson (.356). He also twice led the shortstops in putouts in 1879 (280) and 1890 (277). While in Chicago, Peters shared infield defens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Springfield, Illinois
Springfield is the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat and largest city of Sangamon County. The city's population was 114,394 at the 2020 census, which makes it the state's seventh most-populous city, the second largest outside of the Chicago metropolitan area (after Rockford), and the largest in central Illinois. Approximately 208,000 residents live in the Springfield metropolitan area. Springfield was settled by European-Americans in the late 1810s, around the time Illinois became a state. The most famous historic resident was Abraham Lincoln, who lived in Springfield from 1837 until 1861, when he went to the White House as President of the United States. Major tourist attractions include multiple sites connected with Lincoln including the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices State Historic Site, and the Lincoln Tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery. Springfield lies in a valley and pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Jones (second Baseman)
Henry Monroe Jones (May 10, 1857 – May 31, 1955) was a professional baseball player who played second base and outfield in the Major Leagues for the 1884 Detroit Wolverines The Detroit Wolverines were a 19th-century Major League Baseball team that played in the National League from 1881 to 1888 in the city of Detroit, Michigan. In total, they won 426 games and lost 437, taking their lone pennant (and winning the pre .... External links 1857 births 1955 deaths Major League Baseball second basemen Detroit Wolverines players 19th-century baseball players Grand Rapids (minor league baseball) players Chattanooga (minor league baseball) players Baseball players from New York (state) {{Baseball-second-baseman-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Rapids is a city and county seat of Kent County, Michigan, Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 198,917 which ranks it as the List of municipalities in Michigan, second most-populated city in the state after Detroit. Grand Rapids is the central city of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area, which has a population of 1,087,592 and a combined statistical area population of 1,383,918. Situated along the Grand River (Michigan), Grand River approximately east of Lake Michigan, it is the economic and cultural hub of West Michigan, as well as one of the fastest-growing cities in the Midwestern United States, Midwest. A historic furniture manufacturing center, Grand Rapids is home to five of the world's leading office furniture companies and is nicknamed "Furniture City". Other nicknames include "River City" and more recently, "Beer City" (the latter given by ''USA Today'' and adopted by the city a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peoria Reds
The Peoria Chiefs are a Minor League Baseball team of the Midwest League and the High-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals. The team was established in 1983 as the Peoria Suns. They are located in Peoria, Illinois, and are named for the Peoria Indian tribe for which the city was named. In 2005, the team replaced the indigenous imagery associated with the Chiefs name and moved to a logo of a Dalmatian depicted as a fire chief. The Chiefs play their home games at Dozer Park, which opened in 2002. They previously played at Vonachen Stadium near Bradley University from 1983 through 2001. The Chiefs have made the playoffs a total of 12 times. Through 7 wild card berths, 3 first-half titles, and 2 second half titles. History Prior professional baseball in Peoria The history of professional baseball in Peoria dates back to the late 19th century when the Peoria Reds, Peoria Canaries, and Peoria Blackbirds played in several early leagues during parts of 1878 to 1895. The first ball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saginaw Greys
Saginaw () is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Saginaw County, Michigan, Saginaw County. The city of Saginaw and Saginaw County are both in the area known as Mid-Michigan. Saginaw is adjacent to Saginaw Charter Township, Michigan, Saginaw Charter Township and considered part of Saginaw, Midland, and Bay City Metropolitan Area, Greater Tri-Cities region of Central Michigan. The Saginaw County Metropolitan statistical area, MSA had a population of 190,124 in 2020. The city is also the largest municipality in the Saginaw, Midland, and Bay City Metropolitan Area, with a combined population of 377,474 in the combined statistical area in 2020. The city proper had a population of 44,202 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Saginaw was a thriving lumber town in the 19th century and an important industrial city and manufacturing center throughout much of the 20th century. During the late 20th century, its industry and strong manufacturing presence declined, le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Morton (baseball, Born 1854)
Charles Hazen Morton (October 12, 1854 – December 9, 1921) was an American Major League Baseball outfielder, manager, and League executive. As a manager, he led a team whose members included the first African-American players in Major League history. After retiring from the major leagues, Morton served intermittently as an official and went on to become an influential minor league baseball executive. Major league career Morton played for, and managed in, the American Association, with the Toledo Blue Stockings in and the Detroit Wolverines in . He played one season prior to managing, , and managed the Toledo Maumees after his playing career was over. He compiled a career managerial record of 121 wins and 153 losses. He was the manager for the 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings, who had transferred into the American Association from the Northwestern League after the season. It was this team that included Moses Fleetwood Walker and his brother Welday Walker, who are now consi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toledo Blue Stockings
The Toledo Blue Stockings formed as a minor league baseball team in Toledo, Ohio, in 1883. They won the Northwestern League championship in 1883. Their home ballpark was League Park. The following year, they joined the major league American Association. That year, they finished 8th with a 46–58 record. The team returned to the minors the next year and disbanded after the 1885 season. The team was the only major league team with black players (brothers Moses Fleetwood Walker and Weldy Walker) prior to Jackie Robinson's appearance with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. This was before baseball's color barrier had been firmly established in 1887. Notable players *Tony Mullane *Hank O'Day *Moses Fleetwood Walker *Weldy Walker See also *Toledo Blue Stockings all-time roster *1884 Toledo Blue Stockings season The 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings finished with a 45–58 record, eighth place in the American Association (19th century), American Association. This was the only season the team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Morton (1854-1921)
Charles Morton or Charlie Morton may refer to: People *Charles Morton (educator) (1627–1698), English nonconformist minister, founder of a dissenting academy, later associated with Harvard College * Charles Morton (librarian) (1716–1799), English medical doctor and librarian *Charles Morton (impresario) (1819–1904), English theatre and music hall manager, known as ''The Father of the Halls'' *Charles Morton (editor) (1899–1967), Author and Associate Editor of ''The Atlantic Monthly'' *Charles Morton (actor) (1908–1966), American actor *Charles Morton (cyclist) (1916–1996), American Olympic cyclist *Charles Morton (racehorse trainer) (1855–1936), British racehorse trainer *Charlie Morton (baseball, born 1854) (Charles Hazen Morton, 1854–1921), American baseball outfielder, manager, and executive * Charlie Morton (pitcher) (born 1983), American baseball player *C. Brinkley Morton (1926–1994), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego * Charles B. Morton (1833–192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
