1917 Atlanta Crackers season

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1917  Atlanta Crackers
League Southern Association
Ballpark Ponce de Leon Park
City Atlanta, Georgia
Record98–56
League place1st
Managers Charlie Frank

The 1917 Atlanta Crackers season represented the Atlanta Crackers baseball team in the Southern Association and won the league pennant. The team played its games at Ponce de Leon Park, and was managed by Charlie Frank. [1] [2] Roy Moran led the league in hits, and Jake Munch was second. When Moran's house burned down, fans staged a day in his honor. [3] Pitcher Rube Bressler went 25–15. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Ted Jones' Ponce de Leon Stadium - Atlanta Georgia - Former Home of the Atlanta Crackers / Black Crackers".[ dead link ]
  2. ↑ Riess, Steven A. (1999). Touching Base: Professional Baseball and American Culture in the Progressive Era. ISBN   9780252067754.
  3. ↑ Cava, Pete (22 September 2015). Indiana-Born Major League Baseball Players: A Biographical Dictionary, 1871-2014. ISBN   9780786499014.
  4. ↑ "1917 Southern League (SL) minor league baseball Leaders on StatsCrew.com".
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