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Peoria Distillers
The Peoria Distillers were a minor league baseball team that existed on-and-off from 1894 to 1917. They played in the Western Association from 1894 to 1896; the Central League (baseball), Central League in 1900, 1904 and 1917; the Western League (1900–1958), Western League from 1902 to 1903; and the Three-I League from 1905 to 1917. The team was the second baseball team to play in Peoria. They played in Lake View Park. Management Under managers David Drohan and Charley Stis, they won their first League Championship in 1911. In 1916, they won their second and final League Championship under the guidance of William Jackson. Pants Rowland was the Peoria team's manager in 1913, then was hired by Charles Comiskey to be manager of the Chicago White Sox. He guided them to the 1917 World Series championship, the last one won by the White Sox until 2005. Notable players Joe McGinnity, nicknamed "Iron Man," who would go on to have a long career in the Major League Baseball, Major Lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Association
The Western Association was the name of five different leagues formed in American minor league baseball during the 19th and 20th centuries. The oldest league, originally established as the Northwestern League in 1883, was refounded as the Western Association on October 28, 1887. It began operations in the 1888 season and lasted through the 1891 season. A separate Western Association was formed in January 1894 with clubs in Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois and Missouri – with a team in faraway Denver, Colorado, added in 1895. This league ceased operations in 1898, but was revived again for the following season. It was renamed the Central League in 1900. In 1901, two leagues were called the Western Association. One had eight teams in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Indiana; it folded after only one year. The other loop, confusingly located in the same geographic area, was the former Interstate League; it reverted to its original identity in 1902. The most long-lived We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Dillon
Frank Edward Dillon (October 17, 1873 – September 12, 1931), known in later years as Pop Dillon, was an American baseball player and manager. He played 22 seasons in professional baseball from 1894 to 1915, including five years in Major League Baseball, as a first baseman with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1899–1900), Detroit Tigers (1901–1902), Baltimore Orioles (1902), and Brooklyn Superbas (1904). He appeared in 312 major league games and compiled a .252 batting average. He was later a player and manager for the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League (PCL) from 1903 to 1915. He led the Angels to PCL pennants in 1903, 1905, 1907 and 1908. Early years Dillon was born in 1873 in Normal, Illinois. His father, Levi Dillon, owned a business breeding and selling Percheron horses. Dillon attended the University of Wisconsin and played for the Wisconsin Badgers baseball team from 1892 to 1894. Dillon was a cousin of Hall of Famer Clark Griffith. Professional baseball Minor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baseball Teams Disestablished In 1917
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 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 advancing 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 initial objective of the batting team is to have a player rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dozer Park
Dozer Park, originally O'Brien Field and formerly Chiefs Stadium, is a baseball field located in downtown Peoria, Illinois. It is the home of the Peoria Chiefs, the Midwest League affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals; the Chiefs previously played at Meinen Field. The college baseball team of Bradley University also uses the field. It opened on May 24, 2002. History Official groundbreaking ceremonies for the $23 million multi-purpose stadium took place on August 16, 2001. The stadium opened on May 24, 2002, as O'Brien Field, with a game between the Chiefs and the Kane County Cougars. O'Brien Auto Team held the original naming rights to the facility. In 2011, the stadium hosted to the IHSA Class 1A and 2A baseball state finals. This was the first year the games were played at the facility. In April 2013, the Chiefs, including the stadium, received $7.35 million in financing and debt forgiveness. The plan included forgiveness of $1.2 million in debt to the City of Peoria; in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peoria Chiefs
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 13 times, through eight wild-card berths, three first-half titles, and two second-half titles. History Earlier professional baseball in Peoria The history of professional baseball in Peoria dates to the late 19th century. The Peoria Reds, Peoria Canaries, and Peoria Blackbirds played in several early leagues during parts of 1878 to 1895. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 World Series
The 1918 World Series was the championship series in Major League Baseball for the 1918 season. The 15th edition of the World Series, it matched the American League champion Boston Red Sox against the National League champion Chicago Cubs. The Red Sox beat the Cubs four games to two. The Series victory for the Red Sox was their fifth in five tries, going back to . The Red Sox scored only nine runs in the entire Series, the fewest runs by the winning team in World Series history. Along with the , and 1907 World Series (the latter two of which the Cubs also played in), the 1918 World Series is one of only four Fall Classics where neither team hit a home run. The 1918 Series was played under several metaphorical dark clouds. The Series was held early in September because of the World War I "Work or Fight" order that forced the premature end of the regular season on September 2, and remains the only World Series to be played entirely in September. The Series was marred by player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Flack
Max John Flack (February 5, 1890 – July 31, 1975) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played twelve seasons in the majors from 1914 to 1925 for the Chicago Chi-Feds/Whales (1914–15) of the Federal League, then the Chicago Cubs (1916–22) and the St. Louis Cardinals (1922–25) of the National League. Career Flack's career with Chicago got off to a great start. He stole 37 bases in each of his first two seasons. In his second year with the team, Flack's .314 batting average was fifth-best in the National League for the 1915 season. He led the league in sacrifice hits in 1916 and had a career-best 172 hits in 1921. Flack finished his big-league career with 1,461 hits and 200 steals. He topped the .300 mark three times. World Series Flack was labeled the "goat" of the 1918 World Series. In the third inning of Game 6, at Fenway Park, playing for the Cubs, his throwing error resulted in two Boston Red Sox runs, which provided the Bosox with the margin of victory, and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Stone (outfielder)
George Robert Stone, nicknamed Silent George, (September 3, 1876 – January 3, 1945) was a left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox (1903) and St. Louis Browns (1905–10). Stone batted and threw left-handed. He was the 1906 American League batting champion. Early life Stone was born in Lost Nation, Iowa, to George and Hannah Stone. Prior to playing baseball, he had a career in banking in Nebraska. A 1906 article on him noted that his taste ran to reading, and his hobby was violin playing. Baseball career He left his career in banking in 1901 at the age of 24 to join the Omaha Omahogs of the Western League. In 1902 he played for the Omahogs and the Peoria Distillers and led the league with 198 hits, and the next year he again played for the Omahogs. He made his major league debut in 1903 at the age of 26 with the Boston Americans. He played most of 1903 for the Milwaukee Creams of the Western League. In 1903 with the Creams he was third in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Truby
Harry Garvin Truby (May 12, 1870 – March 21, 1953), was an infielder in the Major Leagues in 1895 and 1896. Truby played for the Chicago Colts and Pittsburgh Pirates. In 70 games over two seasons, Truby posted a .281 batting average (73-for-260) with 31 runs, 2 home runs and 50 RBI. He recorded a .944 fielding percentage In baseball statistics, fielding percentage, also known as fielding average, is a measure that reflects the percentage of times a baseball positions, defensive player properly handles a batted or thrown ball. It is calculated by the sum of putout ... as a second baseman. External links 1870 births 1953 deaths Major League Baseball second basemen Chicago Colts players Pittsburgh Pirates players 19th-century baseball players 19th-century American sportsmen Minor league baseball managers Austin Senators players Rockford Hustlers players Mobile Blackbirds players Nashville Tigers players Memphis Giants players Norfolk Clam Eaters players Roa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Roach (baseball)
John F. Roach (November 19, 1867 – April 2, 1934) was a 19th-century Major League Baseball player. In 1887 he pitched in a single game for the New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC East, East division. The .... He also had an extensive minor league baseball career, that lasted from 1886 through 1898. His brother, Mike Roach, also played in the Major Leagues with the Washington Senators in . References Major League Baseball pitchers New York Giants (baseball) players Baseball players from Clinton County, Pennsylvania Baseball players from Peoria, Illinois 1867 births 1934 deaths Long Island A's players Waterbury Brassmen players Wilkes-Barre Coal Barons players Lowell Magicians players Wilkes-Barre Barons (baseball) players Elmira Hottentots players Galveston S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaza Harvey
Ervin King "Zaza" Harvey (January 5, 1879 – June 3, 1954) was an American professional baseball player. He appeared as an outfielder and pitcher in the major leagues from 1900 to 1902 for the Chicago Orphans, Chicago White Sox, and Cleveland Blues/Bronchos. Biography Harvey was born in 1879 in Saratoga, California. He made his professional baseball debut in 1897 for the Minneapolis Millers of the Western League. He pitched in five games (three starts) posting an 0–3 win–loss record with a 2.52 earned run average (ERA). As a batter, he went 2-for-9 for a .222 batting average. During that season, he also played briefly in the Western Association for the Peoria Blackbirds, also posting an 0–3 record in five pitching appearances, along with one game played as an outfielder. He hit 3-for-11 (.273) with Peoria. In 1898 and 1899, Harvey played for the Sacramento Gilt Edges, although statistics from those seasons are lacking. Harvey made his major-league debut with the Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
