Though many of his contemporaries considered him second only to Babe Ruth in the 1920s and 1930s, Mickey Cochrane is often overlooked by fans and historians. The hard-hitting catcher played on three World Series winners. Cochrane was a highly regarded member of the A's championship teams. But in Depression Detroit, he was an inspiration. The pressure of that adulation and his duties as player, manager and Tigers vice president led to a breakdown. Later, he was hit in the head by a pitch that ended his career. This story of Cochrane's career and his life was researched from primary documents and interviews with his family.

Mickey Cochrane: The Life of a Baseball Hall of Fame Catcher

Bevis, Charlie

Biographies & Memoirs

McFarland Company

Playing baseball on Sunday was a divisive issue in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. On one side of the argument were the owners, who wanted to take in more money, and working people, who labored six days a week and wanted to take in a baseball game on the seventh. On the other side were people who thought that the commandment to keep Sunday sacred ought to be obeyed. The story of how Sunday baseball went from being an illegal activity in most areas of the country in 1876 to a legal form of entertainment in all major league cities by 1934 is told in this work. It describes the numerous schemes used to play baseball on Sunday, like playing games in strange places, under odd circumstances and at the inconvenience of players and managers, many of whom were arrested and jailed for attempting to play baseball on Sunday. The book covers the foothold Sunday baseball gained in cities like St. Louis, Cincinnati and Chicago in the 1880s and 1890s, its slow spread eastward as the general attitude of the populace toward Sunday baseball gradually changed, and its widespread acceptance after New York passed a law in 1919 making it legal. It was not until 1934, however, that Sunday baseball was played in all major league cities.

Sunday Baseball: The Major Leagues' Struggle to Play Baseball on the Lord's Day, 1876-1934

Religion & Spirituality

McFarland

This book delves deep into the history of the New England League, whose years of operation spanned six decades during the pivotal early years of minor league baseball. Author Charlie Bevis, an expert on New England's baseball past, explores the complex ties to the regional economy, especially to the textile industry, and discusses the pioneering experiments with playoffs, night baseball, and integration.

The New England League: A Baseball History, 1885-1949

History

Americas

Award-winning author Charlie Bevis explores the long history of the major league doubleheader from its beginnings in the late 19th century up to the present day. Emphasizing its significance within baseball and popular culture, Bevis describes the twin bill's role in holiday celebrations, its one-time identity as Sunday sporting event, and the part it played in baseball's survival during the Depression and World War Two.

Doubleheaders: A Major League History

For 52 years, Boston was a two-team Major League city, home to both the Red Sox and the Braves. This book focuses on the two teams' period of coexistence and competition for fans. The author analyzes the Boston fan base through trends in transportation, communication, geography, population and employment. Tracing the pendulum of fan preference between the two teams over five distinct time periods, a deeper understanding emerges of why the Red Sox remained in Boston and the Braves moved to Milwaukee.

Red Sox vs. Braves in Boston: The Battle for Fans' Hearts, 1901-1952

Night games transformed the business of professional baseball, as the smaller, demographically narrower audiences able to attend daytime games gave way to larger, more diversified crowds of nighttime spectators. Many ball club owners were initially conflicted about artificial lighting and later resisted expanding the number of night games during the sport's existential struggle to balance ballpark attendance and television viewership in the 1950s. This first-ever comprehensive history of night baseball examines the factors, obstacles and trends that shaped this dramatic change in both the minor and major leagues between 1930 and 1990.

Baseball Under the Lights: The Rise of the Night Game

Sports & Outdoors

Baseball

More than a century has passed since the “glorious Beaneaters” era of Boston’s baseball history in the 1890s. While Boston would soon have a second baseball club that would capture the hearts of New England (the Red Sox), never again would there be such dominance over a decade as the Beaneaters accomplished. The team won five pennants in the decade. Nine of these players are enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. 
This book includes biographies of every player to appear with the team in the 1890s, as well as year-by year-recaps of seasons 1891 through 1899, bios of the owner and manager, articles on the ballparks they played in, recaps of 50 of the team's most thrilling and historic games, and articles on the team's impact on pop culture and 1980s baseball. 
Legendary manager Connie Mack called that era “a turbulent decade of the so-called roughhouse days in baseball. The Boston Beaneaters were ready for any fray, ever willing to take on the pugnacious Baltimore Orioles and give them a dose of their own medicine.”
“The tumultuous 1890s witnessed a player revolt against high-handed and monopolistic management,” wrote baseball historian John Thorn, “The game was in a period of consolidation, or hibernation, or stagnation; one’s perspective depended upon whether he were an owner, fan, or player.” 
This book represents the combined efforts of more than 50 writers and editors from the Society for American Baseball Research. PLAYERSJimmy Bannon by Thomas J. Brown, Jr.Charlie Bennett by Paul HofmannMarty Bergen by Brian McKennaCliff Carroll by Alan CohenBoileryard Clarke by Matt AlbertsonJohn Clarkson by Brian McKenna.Jimmy Collins by Charlie BevisFrank Connaughton by Joanne HulbertCozy Dolan by Bob LeMoineHugh Duffy by Bill LambCharlie Frisbee by Bill NowlinCharlie Ganzel by Chad MoodyHank Gastright by Glen SparksPretzels Getzien by Mike HuberBilly Hamilton by David L. FleitzJoe Harrington by Seth Moland-KovashKing Kelly by Peter M. GordonFred Klobedanz by Mark S. SternmanTed Lewis by Rory CostelloHerman Long by Richard “Dixie” TourangeauBobby Lowe by Richard “Dixie” TourangeauTommy McCarthy by Bill LamBill Merritt by Bob LeMoineBilly Nash by Richard “Dixie” TourangeauKid Nichols by Richard BogovichJoe Quinn by Rochelle Llewelyn NichollsJack Ryan by Matt CleverGeneral Stafford by Richard “Dixie” TourangeauChick Stahl by Dennis AugerHarry Staley by JW StewartJack Stivetts by Gregory H. WolfHarry Stovey by Paul HofmannJim Sullivan by Richard BogovichBilly Sullivan Sr by Trey StreckerMarty Sullivan by Mike HuberFred Tenney by Mark S. SternmanTommy Tucker by David NemecVic Willis by Daniel R. LevittGeorge Yeager by Richard BogovichMANAGERFrank Selee by David L. Fleitz.OWNERSJames B. Billings by Charlie BevisWilliam H. Conant by William H. LyonsArthur Soden by Brian McKennaBALLPARKSSouth End Grounds by Bob RuzzoCongress Street Grounds by Charlie BevisOTHERHow Bostonians Became the Beaneaters by Mark SouderSlide, Kelly Slide by Joanne Hulbert1897: Last Gasp of the Temple Cup by Bill FelberKing Kelly’s Funeral by Peter M. GordonStarts, Stops, and Streaks – A Modern Fan’s Guide to the 1890s Baseball Schedule by Richard “Dixie” TourangeauBoston Beaneaters Spring Training in the 1890s by Bill NowlinGAMESApril 22, 1891: Beaneaters Start Championship Run in First Game in New Polo Grounds by Stew ThornleyApril 27, 1891: Kid Nichols Shuts Out Phillies in Beaneaters’ Home Opener by Richard A. CuicchiJune 11, 1891: Beaneaters’ Hot Bats Earn Series Split With Colts by Bill MortellJune 12, 1891: Kid Nichols Strikes Out 12 and has Game-Winning Hit by Kevin LarkinAugust 17, 1891: Kid Nichols One-Hits the Giants by Bill LambSeptember 4, 1891: A Meeting with Grampa by Rob Nee...and over 40 more!

The Glorious Beaneaters of the 1890s (SABR Digital Library)

LeMoine, Bob

Bogovich, Richard

Hulbert, Joanne

Cuicchi, Richard

Lamb, Bill

Tourangeau, Richard Dixie

Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)

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