Waite Hoyt papers, 1907-1980 (bulk 1940-1980).

Stengel, Casey, 1890-1975

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Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel (July 30, 1890 – September 29, 1975) was an American Major League Baseball right fielder and manager, best known as the manager of the championship New York Yankees of the 1950s and later, the expansion New York Mets. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966. Stengel was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1890. In 1910, he began a professional baseball career that would span over half a century. After almost three seasons in the minor leagues, Steng...

Aaron, Hank, 1934-2021

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Hank Aaron (born Henry Louis Aaron, February 5, 1934, Mobile, Alabama-died January 22, 2021, Atlanta, Georgia) was the son of Estella Aaron and Herbert Aaron. He attended Central High School in Mobile, Alabama and transferred to the private Josephine Allen Institute, where he graduated in 1951. While finishing high school, Aaron played for the Mobile Black Bears, a semi-professional Negro league baseball team. In 1951, Aaron signed with the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League, wh...

Cincinnati Reds (Baseball team)

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The Cincinnati Reds conducted spring training in Tampa Florida between 1931 and 1987. The only interruption was for three years during World War II, when the Reds trained at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. From the description of [Spring training results, 1952-1959 / compiled by the Cincinnati Reds]. (National Baseball Hall of Fame). WorldCat record id: 39007845 ...

WCET (Television station : Cincinnati, Ohio)

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New York Yankees (Baseball team)

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The club that became the New York Yankees started as the Baltimore Orioles in 1901. American League President Ban Johnson wanted a club in New York and, after outmaneuvering the politically influential New York Giants, who did not want a competing team, Johnson moved the Orioles to New York. The first ten years of its existence, the team did not do well, contending for the pennant during only one season. In 1914, Colonel Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast Huston purchased the team. This collection da...

Hoyt, Waite, 1899-1984.

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Waite Hoyt, born in Brooklyn in 1899, was a pitcher for several professional baseball teams from 1918 to 1938. From 1942 to 1965 he was a play-by-play announcer for the Cincinnati Reds. He was particularly known for the entertaining baseball stories he told during rain delays. Hoyt also appeared on the vaudeville stage and had a television program on WCET. During retirement, Hoyt began painting as a hobby. From the description of Waite Hoyt papers, 1907-1980 (bulk 1940-1980). (Cincin...

Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

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George Herman Ruth was born February 6, 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland to Katherine and George Herman Ruth Sr. In 1902, Ruth was sent to St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, an orphanage and reformatory, at the age of seven to teach him discipline. It was here that he learned to play baseball. He signed a contract with the minor league Baltimore Orioles in 1914. Ruth received his nickname "Babe" when his minor league teammates referred to him as manager Jack Dunn's new babe. He began his ma...

McGraw, John Joseph, 1873-1934

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John McGraw played for Baltimore Orioles of the American Association (1891), Baltimore Orioles of the National League (1892-1899), St. Louis Cardinals (1900), Baltimore Orioles of the American League (1901-1902), and the New York Giants (1902-1906). McGraw is best known, however, as a manager. He managed the Baltimore Orioles of the National League (1899), Baltimore Orioles of the American League (1901-1902), and the New York Giants (1902-1932). He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of...