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Frederick Keys
The Frederick Keys are a collegiate summer baseball team of the MLB Draft League. The Keys are based in Frederick, Maryland. The franchise is named for the "Star-Spangled Banner" writer Francis Scott Key, a native of Frederick County. A new team mascot "Frank Key", short for Francis Scott Key, joined the current mascot, a coyote named ''Keyote'', at the beginning of the 2011 baseball season. The Keys were purchased from Maryland Baseball Holding, LLC by Attain Sports and Entertainment in January 2022. Home games are played at Harry Grove Stadium. Prior to Major League Baseball's reorganization of the minor leagues following the 2020 season, the Keys were a Minor League Baseball team that served as the Class A-Advanced affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles from 1989 to 2020. History Early professional baseball in Frederick Frederick was one of the founding members of the Blue Ridge League, which existed from 1915 to 1930. The team, which went by the names of Hustlers, Champs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collegiate Summer Baseball
Collegiate summer baseball leagues are amateur baseball leagues in the United States and Canada featuring players who have attended at least one year of college and have at least one year of athletic eligibility remaining. Generally, they operate from early June to early August. In contrast to college baseball, which allow aluminum or other composite baseball bats, players in these leagues use only wooden bats, hence the common nickname of these leagues as "wood-bat leagues". Collegiate summer leagues allow college baseball players the ability to compete using professional rules and equipment, giving them experience and allowing professional scouts the opportunity to observe players under such conditions. To find a collegiate summer team, players work with their college coaches and prospective teams' general managers. They report to summer leagues after completing their spring collegiate season with their NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA, CCCAA, and NWAC teams. Some players arrive late due ... [...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] |
Chick Fullis
Charles Philip "Chick" Fullis (February 27, 1901 – March 28, 1946) was an American professional baseball player. He played all or part of eight seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Giants (1928–32), Philadelphia Phillies (1933–34) and St. Louis Cardinals (1934, 1936), primarily as a center fielder. Fullis batted and threw right-handed. Biography Born in Girardville, Pennsylvania, Fullis posted a .295 batting average with 12 home runs and 167 RBI in 590 games played during his career. He was a member of the Cardinals' 1934 World Series winners. Fullis was forced to retire at age 33 due to eye trouble. - Baseballbiography.com Fullis' best season statistically came in 1933, the only season during his career in which he exceeded 100 games played. That year, he led the |
Bobby Schang
Robert Martin Schang (December 7, 1886 – August 29, 1966) was an American baseball player. He was a catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1914–15), New York Giants (1915) and St. Louis Cardinals (1927). He was the brother of former Major League Baseball catcher Wally Schang. In 3 seasons Schang played in 82 Games and had 186 At Bats, 14 Runs, 35 Hits, 7 Doubles, 4 Triples, 6 RBI, 3 Stolen Bases, 18 Walks, .188 Batting Average, .263 On-base percentage, .269 Slugging Percentage, 50 Total Bases and 8 Sacrifice Hits. He died in Sacramento, California Sacramento ( or ; ; ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat, seat of Sacramento County, California, Sacramento County. Located at the confluence of the Sacramento Rive ... at the age of 79. Sources 1886 births 1966 deaths Baseball players from Erie County, New York Major League Baseball catchers Pittsburgh Pirates players New York Giants (baseb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norm McNeil
Norman Francis McNeil (October 22, 1892 – April 11, 1942) was a professional baseball catcher and manager. He played five games with the 1919 Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Listed at and , he batted and threw right-handed. He later was a manager in the minor leagues. Biography McNeil played 10 seasons in the minor leagues, 1914–1918 and 1920–1924. He played in 565 games, making all of his defensive appearances as a catcher. McNiel played in five major league games with the Boston Red Sox during the 1919 season; one game in June, one in August, and three in September. All of his at bats came during the three September games, when he batted 3-for-9. Two of his hits came against Bob Shawkey of the New York Yankees in McNeil's final game with the Red Sox, on September 24. In 1923, McNiel was a player-manager with the minor league Frederick Hustlers in Frederick, Maryland. After his playing career, he served as manager of the minor league Johnstown Johnnie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Keesey
James Ward Keesey (October 27, 1902 – September 5, 1951) was an American professional baseball player. He played in 5 games for the Major League Baseball Philadelphia Athletics during the season and 11 games during the season. He was born in Perryville, Maryland, and died in Boise, Idaho Boise ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of cities in Idaho, most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, there were 235,685 people residing in the city. Loca ..., at the age of 48. External links Major League Baseball first basemen Philadelphia Athletics players 20th-century American sportsmen Frederick Hustlers players Boise Pilots players Chicago Cubs scouts Cincinnati Reds scouts Baseball players from Baltimore 1902 births 1951 deaths Baseball players from Cecil County, Maryland Alijadores de Tampico players American expatriate baseball players in Mexico Dallas Steers players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Sedgwick
Henry Kenneth "Duke" Sedgwick (June 1, 1898 – December 4, 1982) was an American baseball player. He was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. The Phillies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East Division. Since 2004, the team's home stadium has ... and Washington Senators in the 1920s. Sedgwick signed with the Phillies in July 1921 after being discovered playing amateur baseball in Washington, DC. References External links 1898 births 1982 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Philadelphia Phillies players Washington Senators (1901–1960) players Augusta Tygers players Asheville Tourists players Frederick Hustlers players Bridgeport Bears (baseball) players Portland Mariners players Sportspeople from Martins Ferry, Ohio Baseball players from Belmont County, Ohio Nashville Vol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Hartranft
Raymond Joseph Hartranft (September 19, 1890 – February 10, 1955) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. Hartranft played for the Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. The Phillies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East Division. Since 2004, the team's home stadium has ... in . External linksBaseball-Reference.com Philadelphia Phillies players 1890 births 1955 deaths Baseball players from Bucks County, Pennsylvania Allentown (minor league baseball) players Frederick Hustlers players 20th-century American sportsmen Winston-Salem Twins players {{US-baseball-pitcher-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Gardner (baseball)
Raymond Vincent Gardner (October 25, 1901 – May 3, 1968) was an American professional baseball shortstop and second baseman who appeared in 115 career games in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians in and . The native of Frederick, Maryland, threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed . Gardner played 12 seasons of professional ball, beginning in 1920. In his tenth year, 1929, he played in 82 games for Cleveland, 77 as the starting shortstop, and batted .262 with 67 hits. The following season, however, he played only 22 games in the field (without a single start), and collected only one hit in 13 at bats, scoring seven runs. All told, he batted .253 lifetime, with three doubles, two triples and one home run (hit June 29, 1929, at Navin Field off Emil Yde of the Detroit Tigers)Retrosheetbr>box score (29 June 1929): "Cleveland Indians 12, Detroit Tigers 9"/ref> among his 68 total hits. He had 25 runs batted in A run batted in or runs batted in (RBI) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarence Blethen
Clarence Waldo Blethen (July 11, 1893 – April 11, 1973) was an American professional baseball pitcher with the Boston Red Sox and Brooklyn Robins of Major League Baseball as well as 18 seasons in minor league baseball. Blethen batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Blethen attended the University of Maine, where he played college baseball for the Black Bears from 1912 to 1915. Blethen spent 18 years in organized baseball, almost all of it in the minor leagues. He pitched briefly for the Boston Red Sox in 1923 and did not earn another opportunity until 1929, when he played with the Brooklyn Robins. In seven major league games, Blethen had no decisions and posted a 7.32 ERA, with two strikeouts in 19-2⁄3 innings pitched. Blethen suffered an unusual injury while playing for the Knoxville Smokies of the Southern Association in 1933. In a game on June 6, the pitcher, who had false teeth and would put them in his hip pocket when he was running the bases, slid into second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Crooke
Thomas Aloysius Crooke (July 26, 1884 – April 4, 1929) was a first baseman in Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB i .... He played for the Washington Senators in 1909 and 1910. External links 1884 births 1929 deaths Major League Baseball first basemen Washington Senators (1901–1960) players 20th-century American sportsmen Baseball players from Washington, D.C. Springfield Ponies players Hartford Senators players Holyoke Paperweights players Toronto Maple Leafs (International League) players Trenton Tigers players Reading Pretzels players Bridgeport Orators players Jersey City Skeeters players Albany Senators players New Bedford Whalers (baseball) players Frederick Hustlers players Martinsburg Mountaineers players Minor lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Meyer (baseball)
Leo Meyer (March 29, 1888, in Iowa City, Iowa – September 2, 1968, in Smyrna, Delaware), was a Major League Baseball player who played shortstop for the Brooklyn Superbas The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team founded in 1883 as the Brooklyn Grays. In 1884, it became a member of the American Association as the Brooklyn Atlantics before joining the National League in 1890. They remained in Brookl ... in . After his year with the Superbas, he played several more years in the minor leagues. His best year in the minor leagues was with the Trenton Tigers of the Tri-State League. That year he had a .273 average 431 at bats. He also hit four home runs that year in the "dead ball" era. His last year in the minor leagues was with the Nashville Volunteers of the Southern Association in 1919. External links 1888 births 1968 deaths Major League Baseball shortstops Brooklyn Superbas players Baseball players from Iowa Syracuse Stars (minor league baseball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
