Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Nicaragua leagues


2nd major leaguer from Nicaragua - had been more highly touted than Dennis Martinez. Good information on 1970s amateur ball - Chevez was 20-1, 0.93 one year.

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liga_de_B%C3%A9isbol_Profesional_Nacional

Some info on it in Spring 1996 SABR Latino Baseball newsletter
"As indicated in the previous LAC Newsletter, we areincluding more information on the Nicaraguan baseball, a valuable contribution of Tito Rondon, LAC member and well known Nicaraguan Sportswriter and historian "The Nicaraguan Professional League started without any particular planning in February 1956. It was an independent circuit. Very weak, it improved a little as the quality of the "imported" players became better, it probably approached the "D" level of the time."
"The greatest "names" were those of Cuban players, because of their age the fans started calling the league the "Elephant Cementery". The players apparently just gave their personal data to the league register, and most "shaved"their true age(Claro Duany 1918 vs 1917; Carlos Colas and Pedro Ballester(1927 vs 1925) Alejandro. Crespo (1916 vs 1915)
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"The official stats were lost; a few remains from newspapers of those times and a "Who's kho" type booklet published in December 1956, which are the source for most of this information."
In February of 1957, night baseball finally arrived in Nicaragua and a second season of gro-ball was played. The " Leon" team had a working agree- ment withe Havana Sugar Kings (AAA): at the end of the season Connie Marrero and Roberto Fernandez Tapanes were called to the International League. In September of 1857, Nicaragua was admitted to Organized Baseball and the first Winter League tournament was played from October 1957 to February 1958"
According also to Tito, since 1949 professional, players from Panama, and Cuba did participate in series held in several Nicaragua towns, as a matter of fact it broughtout the thoughts of professional baseball in Nicaragua. But the participation in the World Amateur Series was deeply was deeply. fixed in the Nicaraguans and thou Jose A. "Chino" Melendez the premiera pitcher tried to convince his countrymen, it is was in vain."




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Amateur Baseball World Series

 1951-11-13 Standings.
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Books

A History of Major League Baseball's Launching Pad
    search for Van Hyning's books cheapest are around $30
Neil Lanctot, Fair Dealing and Clean Playing: The Hilldale Club and the Development of Black Professional Baseball, 1910-1932 
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Caribbean leagues/tournaments


Inter-American League

https://tht.fangraphs.com/the-short-wild-life-of-the-inter-american-league/ VG

https://www.newspapers.com/search/results/?date=1979&keyword=%22mike+cuellar%22&region=us-fl
The Mike Cuellar was involved in league. 
1979-4-08 Miami schedule. Talk about notable players. Information about league: things like salaries, umpires.
1979-6-17 Miami talk. Orlando Pena activated to 21-man roster.
    Teams have large debts - figures of $150K, $150K, $50K mentioned. Mike Cuellar hasn't been paid in a bit.
 

Caribbean Series:
 https://dbpedia.org/page/1953_Caribbean_Series
1955-2-09 Series starts tomorrow in Caracas. Rosters listed. Caracas has a 45K seat ballpark. Schedule listed. 
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BR Baseball Reference incorrect

 Same person:


1926-5-19 Cumberland
1926-7-09 Harrisburg
1926-7-11 Harrisburg
1926-8-02 Wheeling - calls him veteran 

1926-7-19 Released by Harrisburg.

& an unrelated Cy Morgan: 
1926-3-17 PHA spring training 
1926-8-02 Did not pitch for Doylestown - and by search it looks like he never did.

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Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Wyoming Leagues

 Midwest League (Has three teams from Wyoming, one from Denver, and two from NE)
        125ish game schedule. Outlaw league.

 
    1921-4-14 Casper roster, with full names.
    1921-5-20 Casper roster and ballpark notes. The ballpark is a beauty, borrowed from the local schoolboard. Best in the league. 
    1921-7-06 Casper has been weakened by many injuries.
    1921-7-16 Casper signed Dave Davenport, who was recently released by Ogden of the NUTL.
    1921-8-02 Rabbit Garrity, recently released by Casper, slumped because of injured shoulder.
    1921-8-05 Sterling withdrew from league but a collection from businessmen may allow them to resume the schedule. 
    1921-9-07 (Lincoln) League is teetering financially; lists notable players; says team costs $25,000 to operate.
    1921-10-01 Women showed about as much interest as men did in pennant race
    1921-10-24 Henry Bostick, Casper player, arrived here yesterday from Denver where he had been winding up his father's estate. He will soon leave for CA for the winter.
    1921-10-26 Sterling proposes class C/D league next year; Casper left out. The expense of traveling to Casper is too high. 
    Criticism of outlaw league.
        "The cost of a ball club in an organized league of class C is estimated at about $15,000 for the season of five months, and the costs in a league of class D at $12,000. These figures compare with the total cost of approximately $40,000 for the Sterling ball club of 1921 in the Midwest League."

    1922-3-23 Two Casper players will join Simmons Bedmakers 
    1922-4-15 Bob Hewitt, former Casper player, will join Joliet of same league.
    1922-5-09 The Casper Smokehouse club, which had many Midwest vets, has broken up because the players have gotten good offers from all over. Casper will be without a strong semi-pro team this summer.
    1922-12-23 Former Casper players succeeded in WL

    (1921-6-21) (Scottsbluff) Local boxes. The pitcher Denver stole from the Scottsbluff Irrigators must pitch with them or none else, says pres.
    1921-7-08
    1921-7-13
    1921-7-15
    1921-8-06/07 (Casper) 35 innings over three weekend games. "Hundreds of fans." Pitler made 8 hits, Donica made 10. 
    1921-9-01 (Casper) Casper box; lines for other games. Jake Pitler, Dave Danveport, Rolla Mapel, Donica, Tonneman, Eddie Dyer reportedly, Jack Roche, Hartzell
    1921-9-18 (Scottsbluff) Local boxes. 700 ATT. Details of financial arrangement of final series. Denver won 1st half of season, Casper won second.

    Casper Refiners v. Denver Broncos
    1921-9-24/9-25 Denver 7, Casper 6. Denver 4, Casper 3. 5K ATT. Preview.
    1921-9-26 Casper 13, Denver 8. Wind blew 35-40 MPH. Casper's Bob Steel k'd 15, tying Davenport's record. Adolph Schinkel. Preview. Play by play.
    1921-9-27 Denver 12, Casper 9. Casper now up 4-3. Play by play.
        Bob Steel left last night for his home in Oil City, where he will join Pitler, who recently left Casper as well.
    1921-9-28 Game postponed due to cold wind & threatening whether. Double-header today.
    1921-9-29 Casper 13, Denver 8. 


Casper


1920-5-25 Greybull 7, Casper 4. This year's team is friendlier; less crabbing on the bench. 1.5K ATT yesterday and 1K on Monday. Greybull's manager, Brokaw, was in the WL last year.
1920-7-12 Casper 5, Laramie 1. Roy Hartzell pitched well in his first game as a pitcher for Casper. Ballpark needs a wooden fence; cars park and watch.
1920-8-15 Casper 13, Julesburg 2. Julesburg 11, Casper 3. Jack Roche, Rolla Mapel. 500 ATT on Sat, 1.5K on Sun.
1920-8-24 Casper 4, Greybull 4. 10 innings. Both teams will leave for the Denver tournament after today's game.


1919 tournament
Casper won 1919 Denver Post tournament. That tournament did not allow teams to add any players.
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