Universal Baseball Encyclopedia

Saturday, March 11, 2023

WWII

Hawaii

https://chevronsanddiamonds.wordpress.com/2022/08/16/from-storekeeper-to-middle-infielder-the-dolphins-al-brancato/ good amount of rosters + contemporary material

http://research.sabr.org/journals/files/SABR-National_Pastime-16.pdf

"War-time baseball in Hawaii 1942-45: The Big Leaguers Hit the Beach" - Frank Ardolino, p.42

Hawaii was under martial law for almost three laws.

There's some seriously faulty information - "Japan banned baseball in Aug 1942" - then why did NPB continue until 1944? "Hawaii League founded in 1890 and lasted for seven decades" - fp - it did not exactly continuously operate.

https://encyclopedia.densho.org/Martial_law_in_Hawaii/#:~:text=In%20Hawai'i%2C%20martial%20law,%2C%20until%20October%2024%2C%201944.

https://maalaea.com/impact-of-world-war-ii-on-hawaii/

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/llmlp/Martial-Law_Green/Martial-Law_Green.pdf

1947-9-01 Sub Base Submariners 6, San Diego Naval Training Center Bluejackets 5. 15 innings. No box. Hollis, Jack Bluejackets 2b. 1947-12-19 Pic of Hollis in uniform with Bluejacket trophies.

Lousiana

1944-5-08 Fourth Ferrying Group will play SLC today. Fourth Ferrying roster listed - all but one have pro experience.

New England

1944-9-10 Waterbury v. Meriden Gus Dugas, Johnny Taylor (Negro League)

Dugas has ten homers in eleven games

New York

1944-8-24 (Rochester) Pine Camp roster listed; plenty of pros. Al Schoendienst is the team's leader; he is hitting .550 and has stolen 27 bases in 18 games.

1946-3-04 (Buffalo) Klestinec made a tentative agreement with BRO while with Pine Camp; is leaving soon for Sanford FL for a tryout. Son of Mr. & Mrs. Isidore Klestinec of 185 James St.

1944-8-20 Kingston. Pine Camp 6, Kingston Ponies 2. 3K ATT.

1944-9-01 (Rochester) Birmingham Black Barons 11, Pine Camp 1. 4K ATT. Red Schoendienst was the draw. Pine Camp has a 20-4 record.

At Rochester IL ballpark.

Pic of Schoendienst in army uniform, looking painfully young, as he signs a baseball for a female fan who looks smolderingly up at him. Schoendienst tries to smile at the camera. He looks nervous.

Oregon

1942 Springfield CIO

1943 Norv Libby

1943 Johnny Dunn batting champ

1944 Ed Brauner, Giustina Reds MG

1944 two Snellstrom Braves

1944 Earl Torgeson, top pitcher (!)

1944 Grover Kelsay (Cascade League all-star team selected)

1945-9-04 Fort Lewis Warriors win 39th straight game + pic of Frankie Kelleher

1945 Cascade League Joe Behrman pic

1945 two Snellstrom Braves

1945 Fort Lewis Mickey Burnett

1945 Dutch White pic

1946 Dick Bishop

1946 Hills Creek battery

1946 Duke Windsor, got league pitching trophy

Washington

1943 Coast Guard - a pic + pros listed

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Paddy Smith

http://historicpelham.blogspot.com/2017/01/baseball-star-paddy-smith-of-pelham.html

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Billy Buckland

milb William Buckland

1916

7-9

8-19
9-3

9-29 lost 7-0 for game for championship of Central Maine to Oakland A.A.

Club W L SO IP R BB H SHO CG GS G

Corinna 4 4 141 76 24 36 3 9 9 9 (bb: 19 in 59 innings)

Rockland 1 0 12 10 1 0 4 0 1 1 1

B&A Rovers 1 0 7 9 0 3 0 1 1 1 1

TOTAL 6 4 160 95 25 40 4 11 11 11

TOTAL All 8 4 113 27 5 13 13 13

Monday, January 23, 2023

Integration

https://sabr.org/research/article/baseballs-integration-spells-the-end-of-the-negro-leagues/

"After Jackie Robinson broke the color line, executives and owners from the Negro Leagues met with their counterparts from the major leagues and proposed a number of options for mergers and cooperation. At first it was suggested that the better clubs with large fan bases from the Negro Leagues, such as the Kansas City Monarchs, be allowed in as expansion franchises.19 Several of these teams operated in cities that lacked a major-league team, already had large followings, and were perfectly positioned to help the major leagues take advantage of postwar prosperity and newly expendable income. The proposal was unanimously voted down. When this was rejected the possibility of the Negro Leagues becoming a Triple-A minor-league circuit was raised, but this idea also was summarily dismissed."

"As the postwar period continued with a housing boom in suburban areas, African-Americans once again found themselves cut out. Restrictive housing and lending policies like redlining and property covenants keep black residents restricted, at least in practice if no longer by law, to segregated neighborhoods in urban centers. As manufacturing began to follow workers out of the cities, these municipalities now had to provide for public infrastructure with a dwindling tax base, resulting in deep cuts to public amenities. During the 1960s and ’70s most of the old, downtown ballparks were demolished in the name of urban renewal with new, cavernous multi-use stadiums built usually away from the city center in acres of parking lots removed from public transit. The numbers of black players making their way to the major leagues has diminished with the lack of access to the game, despite efforts to increase play in the sport among youth."

https://www.milb.com/news/integration-spread-from-field-to-stands-in-durham-312445042

John E. "Pete" Gaskill

p-of

Inducted into Maine Baseball Hall of Fame, 1976

1922 picture

1925 high quality picture from site