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1903 Philadelphia Phillies Season
The 1903 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in American baseball. The team finished seventh in the National League (baseball), National League with a record of 49–86, games behind the 1903 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Pittsburgh Pirates. Offseason James Potter and his syndicate of investors completed their acquisition of the Phillies, the "Philadelphia Base Ball Club", from Colonel John I. Rogers on April 3, 1903. Potter and his partners acquired the Phillies for $117,000. Preseason The Phillies held spring training in 1903 in Richmond, Virginia where the team practiced and played exhibition games at Broad Street Park (Richmond, Virginia), Broad Street Park. It was the lone season the Phillies trained in Richmond. 1903 Philadelphia City Series The Philadelphia Athletics began play in 1901 with the founding of the American League. National League and American League teams did not play each other in 1901 or 1902 as the two leagues warred over markets and customers. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baker Bowl
National League Park, commonly referred to as the Baker Bowl after 1923, was a baseball stadium home to the Philadelphia Phillies from 1887 until 1938, and the first home field of the Philadelphia Eagles from 1933 to 1935. It opened in 1887 with a capacity of 12,500. It burned down in 1894 and was rebuilt in 1895 as the first ballpark constructed primarily of steel and brick and with a cantilevered upper deck. The ballpark's first base line ran parallel to Huntingdon Street; right field to center field parallel to North Broad Street; center field to left field parallel to Lehigh Avenue; and the third base line parallel to 15th Street. The stadium was demolished in 1950. History 1887 construction The Philadelphia Phillies had played at Recreation Park since their first season in 1883. Phillies owners Al Reach and John Rogers built the new National League Park for $80,000 with a capacity of 12,500 to open for the 1887 season. Philadelphia's Building Inspectors' office issue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Side Park
West Side Park was the name used for two different ballparks that formerly stood in Chicago, Illinois. They were both home fields of the team now known as the Chicago Cubs of the National League (baseball), National League. Both ballparks hosted baseball championships. The latter of the two parks, where the franchise played for nearly a quarter century, was the home of the first two world champion Cubs teams ( and ), the team that posted the best winning percentage in Major League Baseball history and won the most games in National League history (), the only cross-town World Series in Chicago (1906 World Series, 1906), and the immortalized Tinker to Evers to Chance double-play combo. Both ballparks were primarily constructed of wood. The first West Side Park (1885–1891) The initial stadium was the club's home beginning in , succeeding Union Base-Ball Grounds, Lakefront Park. Although the park's useful life turned out to be as short as the ball club's stay at the Lakefront (s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Brashear
Roy Parks Brashear (January 3, 1874 – April 20, 1951) was an American professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from – for the St. Louis Cardinals and 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 .... His brother, Kitty Brashear, also played in the Majors. External links 1874 births 1951 deaths Major League Baseball infielders St. Louis Cardinals players Philadelphia Phillies players St. Joseph Saints players Bloomington Blues players Sioux City Cornhuskers players Mattoon Indians players Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players Louisville Colonels (minor league) players Kansas City Blues (baseball) players Vernon Tigers players Los Angeles Angels (minor league) players Portland Beavers players Seattle Gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Roth
Francis Charles Roth (October 11, 1878 – March 27, 1955) was an American professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1903 to 1910 for the Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox, and Cincinnati Reds The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. The Reds compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central Divisi .... Roth's brother was former Major League outfielder Braggo Roth. Sources Major League Baseball catchers Philadelphia Phillies players St. Louis Browns players 20th-century American sportsmen Chicago White Sox players Cincinnati Reds players New York Yankees coaches Chicago White Sox coaches Cleveland Indians coaches Sioux City Cornhuskers players Cedar Rapids Rabbitts players Evansville River Rats players Battle Creek Cero Frutos players St. Joseph Saints players I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Dooin
Charles Sebastian "Red" Dooin (June 12, 1879 – May 12, 1952) was an American professional baseball player and manager. A catcher in Major League Baseball during the first two decades of the 20th century, he played 1,219 of his 1,290 games as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies and managed the Phils from 1910 through 1914. Biography Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Dooin began his career with the St. Joseph, Missouri club of the Western League in 1900. Two years later, he reached the Phillies and the National League, catching in 84 games. He was the club's regular catcher from 1904 through 1910, and although a broken ankle and a broken leg – suffered in plays at home plate in 1910 and 1911 – curtailed his playing career, he stayed in the majors as a catcher through 1916. A right-handed hitter, he batted .240 with ten career home runs. Oddly, six of those home runs came in one season: 1904, Dooin's first season as a full-time regular. In 1910, Dooin succeeded Billy Murray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libe Washburn
Libeus "Libe" Washburn (June 16, 1874 – March 22, 1940) was an American professional baseball outfielder and pitcher. Washburn made his debut for the New York Giants as an outfielder in . He had four hits in nine at-bats in six games. The following year, in , he played for the Philadelphia Phillies as a pitcher, going 0–4 in four games. Washburn was born in Lyme, New Hampshire and died in Malone, New York Malone is a town in Franklin County, New York, United States. The population was 12,433 at the 2020 census. The town contains a village also named Malone. The town is an interior town located in the north-central part of the county. History .... External links 1874 births 1940 deaths New York Giants (baseball) players Philadelphia Phillies players Baseball players from New Hampshire People from Lyme, New Hampshire Plattsburgh (baseball) players Brown Bears football players {{US-baseball-outfielder-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tully Sparks
Thomas Frank "Tully" Sparks (December 12, 1874 – July 15, 1937), was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1897 to 1910. Sparks played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Giants, and Boston Americans. He was an alumnus of Beloit College. In 1899, while with the Pirates, Sparks led the National League in relief innings pitched and ERA. After retirement, Sparks worked a variety of careers, including cotton sales, real estate and ore salesman before making a career as an insurance executive. He settled in Anniston, Alabama Anniston is a city and the county seat of Calhoun County, Alabama, Calhoun County in Alabama, United States, and is one of two urban centers/principal cities of and included in the Anniston–Oxford metropolitan area, Anniston–Oxford Metropo ... in 1931 with a local insurance firm. On June 28, 1937, Sparks was diagnosed with heart disease, passing away on July 15 at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Mitchell (baseball)
Frederick Francis Mitchell, born Frederick Francis Yapp (June 5, 1878 – October 13, 1970), was an American right-handed pitcher, catcher, first baseman and manager (baseball), manager in Major League Baseball. Mitchell was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts as Frederick Francis Yapp, although he went by Mitchell (which he would legally change his name to in 1943). Playing career He pitched for the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, and Brooklyn Superbas from to before returning to the major leagues as a catcher for the New York Highlanders in . Mitchell appeared in 97 games over the course of twelve years as a pitcher that sometimes dabbled in the infield. He batted .210 in 201 games while catching 62 games in 1910. He was one of the few players to have played for both Boston franchises along with the Yankees. He was noted for relieving Hall of Famer Cy Young in the first-ever Red Sox game. He stopped playing after the 1913 season, although he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren McLaughlin
Warren A. McLaughlin (January 22, 1876 – October 22, 1923) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates from 1900–1903. He began pitching for the Phillies in July 1900, after playing for semi-pro teams in New Jersey. He spent some time with New London in the Connecticut League, before signing with Pittsburgh in September 1902. He was released in March 1903. A resident of Plainfield, New Jersey, he died at Muhlenberg Hospital on October 22, 1923, following an operation to treat emphysema as a complication of pleurisy Pleurisy, also known as pleuritis, is inflammation of the membranes that surround the lungs and line the chest cavity (Pulmonary pleurae, pleurae). This can result in a sharp chest pain while breathing. Occasionally the pain may be a constant d .... He is interred in Hillside Cemetery in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. References External links 1876 births 1923 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack McFetridge
John Reed McFetridge (August 25, 1869 – January 10, 1917) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played one game in and 12 games in with the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League. He played with three minor league baseball teams in the Philadelphia area including the Wilmington Peaches of the Tri-State League. Early life John Reed McFetridge was born on August 25, 1869. His father had wealth from a successful printing business and refused to allow his son to play professional baseball. McFetridge rejected an offer to play for the Cleveland, Ohio American Association team in 1888. He pitched for the amateur Wynnewood team in Philadelphia and for the amateur Highland team in Gloucester, New Jersey. He played college ball at the University of Pennsylvania. Career In 1890, McFetridge pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies after the manager Harry Wright was finally able to convince McFetridge's father to allow him to pitch one game as a tryout. He pitched a complete-game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chick Fraser
Charles Carrolton Fraser (August 26, 1873 – May 8, 1940) was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He pitched for numerous teams between 1896 and 1909. He ranks second all time among major-league pitchers in the category of hit batsmen, with 219. He lost 20 games five times, but he threw a no-hitter in 1903 and played on World Series championship teams for two years. Career Fraser made his major-league debut with the Louisville Colonels on April 19, 1896. He often struggled with control. In his rookie season, he finished with a 12–27 record and he led the league in both bases on balls and wild pitches. In 1897, he went 15–19 and led the league in wild pitches again. He was sold to the Cleveland Spiders late in the 1898 season. He pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies for two seasons and then went to the Philadelphia Athletics for the 1901 season where he set the modern day record for most hit batsmen in a season. While a member of the Philadelphia Phillies for a sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Duggleby
William James Duggleby (March 16, 1874 – August 30, 1944), nicknamed "Frosty Bill", was an American pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. He played from 1898 to 1907. He also played two games for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1902 and nine games for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1907. Duggleby and Ed Murphy pitched for the Auburn Maroons in the New York State League in 1897 and were sold to the Phillies that December. Duggleby is the first of four major league players to hit a grand slam in his first major league at-bat, followed by Jeremy Hermida, Kevin Kouzmanoff, and Daniel Nava. He was the only pitcher to hit a grand slam for their first major league hit until July 8, 2021, when Daniel Camarena became the second. , he still holds the Phillies team record for hit batsmen for a career (82). Duggleby was one of the "jumpers" who left the Phillies in 1902 for other teams, including (in Duggleby's case) Connie Mack's new American League team, the Athletics. The Phillies file ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
