Baseball Archives - Appalachian History

How baseball card collectors categorize their collections

In the early 1930s, Jeffrey Burdick developed a system for classifying cards by their manufacturer and by the type of illustration which appeared on the card.

July 9, 2019 Baseball / West Virginia

Baseball legend Hack Wilson

Lewis ‘Hack’ Wilson had already led the National League in homers four out of the previous five years at the beginning of the 1930 season.

May 13, 2019 Baseball

The Appy League: play ball!

The Appalachian League was born in 1911 with teams in Asheville, Bristol, VA; and in TN Cleveland, Johnson City, Knoxville, & Morristown.

September 4, 2018 Baseball / Ohio / Sports

Sad Sam, the cemetery man

Rookie sportswriter Bill McGeehan of the New York Herald-Tribune dubbed him that because, to him, Jones looked downcast on the field.

Cy Young pitching for Boston, cyclone superimposed

August 6, 2018 Baseball / Ohio

One of the fellows called me ‘Cyclone’

On August 6, 1890, baseball great Cy Young pitched his first professional game against Cap Anson’s Chicago White Stockings.

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