Joseph Jefferson Jackson,nicknamed "Shoeless Joe",was an American outfielder who played Major League Baseball (MLB) in the early 20th century. Although his .356 career batting average is the fourth highest in the history of Major League Baseball (MLB),he is often remembered for his association with the Black Sox Scandal,in which members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox participated in a conspiracy to fix the World Series. As a result,Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis banned Jackson from baseball after the 1920 season. During the World Series in question,Jackson had led both teams in several statistical categories and set a World Series record with 12 base hits. Jackson's role in the scandal,banishment from the game,and exclusion from the Baseball Hall of Fame have been fiercely debated.
John Franklin "Home Run" Baker,also called Frank Baker,was an American professional baseball player. A third baseman,Baker played in Major League Baseball from 1908 to 1922 for the Philadelphia Athletics and New York Yankees. Although he never hit more than 12 home runs in a season and hit only 96 in his major league career,Baker has been called the "original home run king of the majors".
Edward Trowbridge Collins Sr.,nicknamed "Cocky",was an American professional baseball player,manager and executive. He played as a second baseman in Major League Baseball from 1906 to 1930 for the Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago White Sox. A graduate of Columbia University,Collins holds major league career records in several categories and is among the top few players in several other categories. In 1925,Collins became just the sixth person to join the 3,000 hit club –and the last for the next 17 seasons. His 47 career home runs are the fewest of anyone in it. Collins is the only non-Yankee to win five or more World Series titles with the same club as a player. He is also the only player to have been a member of all five World Series championships won by the Athletics during the franchise's time in Philadelphia.
Harry H. Davis was an American Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the New York Giants (1895–96),Pittsburgh Pirates (1896–98),Louisville Colonels (1898),Washington Senators (1898–99),Philadelphia Athletics,and Cleveland Naps (1912). He was the first player to hit for the cycle in American League history,doing so in 1901.
John Phalen"Stuffy"McInnis was an American first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball. McInnis gained his nickname as a youngster in the Boston suburban leagues,where his spectacular playing brought shouts of "that's the stuff,kid".
Wallace Moses was an American professional baseball right fielder,who played Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics,Chicago White Sox (1942–46) and Boston Red Sox (1946–48). Moses batted and threw left-handed,stood 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and weighed 160 pounds (73 kg). He was born in Uvalda,Georgia and attended Vidalia High School. He is the only player in Major League Baseball history to accomplish a "walk off steal of home" more than once,which he did twice.
Russell Aubrey "Lena" Blackburne was an American baseball infielder,manager,coach,and scout in Major League Baseball (MLB). He is best known for the creation of his baseball rubbing mud,used to remove the finish on new baseballs and give better grip and control to the pitcher.
Clarence William "Tilly" Walker was an American professional baseball player. After growing up in Limestone,Tennessee,and attending college locally at Washington College,he entered Major League Baseball (MLB). He was a left fielder and center fielder for the Washington Senators,St. Louis Browns,Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Athletics from 1911 to 1923.
Harry William "Hal" Krause was an American Major League Baseball player. He was a pitcher over parts of five seasons (1908–1912) with the Philadelphia Athletics and Cleveland Naps. He led the American League in earned run average in 1909 while playing for Philadelphia. For his career,he compiled a 36–26 record,with a 2.50 ERA and 289 strikeouts.
David Charles "Dauntless Dave" Danforth was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for ten seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics,Chicago White Sox,and St. Louis Browns. For his career,he compiled a 71–66 record in 286 appearances,with a 3.89 earned run average and 484 strikeouts. Danforth played on two World Series championship teams,the 1911 Athletics and the 1917 White Sox. He appeared in one World Series game,pitching one inning,giving up two runs and striking out two.
John Edward Murphy,nicknamed "Honest Eddie",was an American professional baseball right fielder. He played in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics,Chicago White Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates.
Raymond Ellis "Red" McKee was an American baseball catcher. He played professional baseball for 21 years from 1908 to 1928,including four seasons in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers from 1913 to 1916. He appeared in 189 major league games and compiled a .254 batting average.
Frank Leo Brazill was an American professional baseball first baseman whose career spanned nineteen seasons (1919–1938). During the 1921 and 1922 Major League Baseball (MLB) season he was a member of the Philadelphia Athletics.
James Charles Walsh was an Irish professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1912 through 1917 for the Philadelphia Athletics,New York Yankees (1914) and Boston Red Sox (1916–17). Walsh batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Killala,Ireland. He was the only player on the 1913 World Champion Athletics who was not born in the United States.
The Georgia Bulldogs baseball team represents the University of Georgia in NCAA Division I college baseball.
The $100,000 infield was the infield of the Philadelphia Athletics in the early 1910s. The $100,000 infield consisted of first baseman Stuffy McInnis,second baseman Eddie Collins,shortstop Jack Barry and third baseman Frank "Home Run" Baker. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica,the nickname reflects "the purported combined market value of the foursome",which is equivalent to about $2.38 million in 2023.
John Wilbur Davis was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1919. He would later re-establish himself as a hitter in the minor leaguers,becoming a star player at that level. He was nicknamed Bud and Country.
Thomas Carl Stouch was an American Major League Baseball second baseman who played four games with the Louisville Colonels of the National League in 1898. He is best known for "discovering" Shoeless Joe Jackson who played against him while Jackson was in a mill team in Greer,South Carolina in 1907.
The Knoxville Reds were a minor league baseball team that played in Knoxville,Tennessee,from 1909 to 1914. The team was known as the Knoxville Appalachians from 1909 to 1911 before adopting the Reds moniker. They were members of the Class B South Atlantic League (1909) and the Southeastern League (1910) and Appalachian League (1911–1914),both Class D circuits. They played their home games at Chilhowee Park.
The Carolina Association was a minor league baseball league that played from 1908 to 1912. The Carolina Association played as a six–team Class D level league. The league consisted of teams based in North Carolina and South Carolina,with the same six franchises playing for the duration of the league.
