Peter Craig Collection : papers ledgers 1869-1950.

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Peter Craig, donor. Peter Craig Collection : papers ledgers 1869-1950.

Title

Peter Craig Collection : papers ledgers 1869-1950.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/464574896

Abstract

This is a collection of compiled statistics and rosters for major and minor league baseball teams between 1869 and 1950. A collection of statistics such as batting averages, pitching averages, win-lost records, shutouts, attendance and financial data. The first four boxes are handwritten ledgers of player directories, obituaries, statistics. The remaining five boxes have statistics broken down by league, player and position.

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9 boxes : (4.2 linear feet)

Holding Repository

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

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SNAC Resource ID: 7565826

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

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Peter Craig, donor.

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Peter Craig was an attorney and compiled the attendance and financial data while working for the office of Senator Kefauver in the late 1940s to early 1950s. Craig spent a summer in the mid-1940s at the Sporting News compiling information. He acquired the ledgers from E.C. Jacobs, but how he knew Jacobs is unknown. Jacobs was an avid baseball fan and his ledgers are handwritten with legends. Source for this biographical sketch is as told by a former Baseball Hall of Fame staff member. ...