1910 New Orleans Pelicans season
| 1910 New Orleans Pelicans | |
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| Results | |
| Record | 87–53 |
| League place | 1st |
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| Owner(s) | Charlie Frank |
| Manager(s) | Charlie Frank |
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The 1910 New Orleans Pelicans season represented the New Orleans Pelicans baseball team in the Southern Association and won their second league pennant.[1][2] One sportswriter ranks them as the greatest sports team in the history of New Orleans.[3] The team was owned and managed by Charlie Frank.[1]
Shoeless Joe Jackson was a member of the team. Jackson had a league leading .355 batting average.[4][5] He also led the league in hits, runs, and triples.[6] Hank Butcher, George Rohe, and John W. Weimer tied to lead the league in home runs with 4 each. The team's pitchers were Ted Breitenstein, Otto Hess, Gordon Hickman, and Pat Paige.[7] Hess had a 26–10–1 record, leading some critics to call the Pelicans a "two-man team" between Hess and Jackson.[8] Paige also went 24–14, and Breitenstein went 19–9.[9]
The team coasted to an 8-game lead,[10] and after clinching the pennant New Orleans defeated the Atlanta team, "A brass band played between innings, and twice during the game snacks of pretzels and sauerkraut were delivered onto the field, where play was halted so the athletes could snack."[11]
Standings[edit]
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Pelicans | 87 | 53 | .621 | – |
| Birmingham | 79 | 61 | .564 | 8 |
| Atlanta | 75 | 63 | .543 | 11 |
| Chattanooga | 66 | 71 | .482 | 21½ |
| Nashville Volunteers | 64 | 76 | .457 | 23 |
| Mobile | 63 | 75 | .456 | 23 |
| Memphis | 62 | 76 | .449 | 24 |
| Montgomery | 59 | 80 | .425 | 27½ |
Source: The Tennessean, 18 September 1910[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "How They Stand at Season's End". The Tennessean. 18 September 1910. p. 18.
- ↑ "1910 Southern Association". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ↑ "Greatest N.O. sports teams of all time: No. 1 | NOLA.com". web.archive.org. March 3, 2016.
- ↑ "Heinemann Park - Pelican Stadium - Formerly located in New Orleans Louisiana - Former New Orleans Pelicans". www.digitalballparks.com.
- ↑ "Pelicans Score Most Runs During Season". 25 September 1910.
- ↑ "Joe Jackson Led Hitters". Atlanta Constitution. September 25, 1910. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ https://www.sabrneworleans.com/history.html
- ↑ "New Orleans had a Two-Man Team". The Arkansas Gazette. 20 September 1910. p. 8.
- ↑ https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/leaders/l-SOUA/y-1910
- ↑ Gisclair, S. Derby (February 11, 2004). "Baseball in New Orleans". Arcadia Publishing – via Google Books.
- ↑ Times-Picayune, James Karst, NOLA com | The. "The last days of Shoeless Joe Jackson in New Orleans". NOLA.com.
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