[Aberdeen Pheasants Scrapbooks, 1949-1954].

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[Aberdeen Pheasants Scrapbooks, 1949-1954].

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Scrapbooks contain primarily newspaper clippings documenting the 1949-1954 seasons of the Aberdeen (South Dakota) Pheasants of the Class C Northern League. Included among the clippings are articles documenting league activity, recaps of games, biographical sketches of contemporary and former players, and numerous cartoons (including player bios and game scores with the Pheasant caricatiure). Statistical information includes year end averages, weekly standings, and weekly team batting and pitching composite averages. Items of note include the 1949 team roster with home addresses that was signed by each player, news coverage of the 1951 fire at the ballpark in Aberdeen, and team photographs from a few years. Players of note included in these scrapbooks include Aberdeen's Bob Turley (1949 scrapbook), Tito Francona (1953), Don Larsen (who played with Aberdeen in 1947 and 1948) and Hank Aaron, who played with Eau Claire (1952).

6 v. : .50 linear feet.

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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...

Larson, Don, 1929-

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Northern League of Professional Baseball

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Northern League initially operated from 1902-1905; second Northern League formed in 1913 but ended in 1917 due to World War I; third group organized 1933 and operated every year, except the war years of 1943-1945, until 1971; fourth league established in 1992 and still exists. Comprised of teams from Sioux Falls, S.D., St. Paul, Minn., Eau Claire, Wis., and other cities in the Middle West and Canada. From the description of Records, [19--]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70976564 ...

McVey, Ed.

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Ed McVey compiled these scrapbooks and lived in Aberdeen through 1953 before moving to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He does not appear to have been associated with the Aberdeen Pheasants. From the description of [Aberdeen Pheasants Scrapbooks, 1949-1954]. (National Baseball Hall of Fame). WorldCat record id: 38968994 ...

Francona, Tito, 1933-

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Aberdeen Pheasants (Baseball team)

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Turley, Bob, 1930-

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Sioux Falls Canaries (Baseball team)

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