The Texas League in Baseball, 1888-1958 / Edition 3

by Marshall D. Wright

Overview

For over 100 years, the Texas League has been one of the top minor leagues in the Southwest. This work is a statistical history of the Texas League from its inception in 1888 through 1958, when Houston, Fort Worth and Dallas left for higher aspirations in Triple A and major league baseball.

The book is arranged by year, and each chapter begins with a short introduction that also highlights a player, team, or aspect of the game that season. The teams are then presented in standings order, and the author provides statistics for each player (games, at bats, runs, hits, runs batted in, doubles, triples, home runs, walks, strikeouts, stolen bases, and batting average) and each team (wins, loses, winning percentage, and games behind first place). For pitchers, the statistics provided here include wins and losses, winning percentage, games, games started, complete games, shutouts, innings pitched, hits allowed, walks, strikeouts, and earned run averages.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786418022
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	07/20/2004
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	572
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 1.30(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Award-winning author Marshall D. Wright is a sports statistician and archivist. He lives in Quincy, Massachusetts and is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and Society International of Hockey Research.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     
Preface     

Prelude: Lone Star Baseball     
1888: First Effort     
1889: A Measure of Stability     
1890: Cut Short     
1892: John McCloskey     
1895: Algie McBride     
1896: Incomplete     
1897: Galveston Sand Crabs     
1898: Casualty     
1899: Southern Replacements     
1902: Lucky Wright and the Oil Citys     
1903: Divided     
1903: STL: New Organization     
1904: Infinite Playoff     
1904: STL: Second Half Surge     
1905: Blue Laws     
1905: STL: Orphans     
1906: One-Season Wonder     
1906: STL: Ineligible     
1907: Reunited     
1908: San Antonio Bronchos     
1909: Multi-Team Player     
1910: Disputed Title     
1911: Mid-Season Correction     
1912: Less Thans     
1913: Age of the Buffalo     
1914: Waco Navigators     
1915: Act of God     
1916: Walt Dickson     
1917: Even and Odd     
1918: Work or Fight     
1919: Fort Worth Panthers     
1920: Upgrade     
1921: Joe Pate     
1922: Paul Wachtel     
1923: Losing Gambit     
1924: Big Boy Kraft     
1925: Outburst     
1926: Panthers Declawed     
1927: Player-Manager     
1928: Spudders     
1929: Paul Easterling     
1930: Half Pint's Big Day     
1931: Houston Buffaloes     
1932: Beaumont Exporters     
1933: Oklahoma Contingent     
1934: Bucs by a Nose     
1935: Oklahoma City Indians     
1936: Centennial Game     
1937: Homer Peel     
1938: Playing Through     
1939: Cats by a Whisker     
1940: Working Agreement     
1941: Rebels' Run     
1942: For the Duration     
1946: Guaranteed Job     
1947: The Best Versus the Rest     
1948: Battle to the End     
1949: Cats Rise Again     
1950: Opening Day     
1951: Fourth Place     
1952: Reversal     
1953: Balance     
1954: Shreveport Sports     
1955: Pitchers' League     
1956: Ken Guettler     
1957: Dallas Eagles     
1958: Winds of Change     
Postlude: Evolution     

Selected Bibliography     
Index     

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