The South Atlantic League, 1904–1963

A Year-by-Year Statistical History

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About the Book

This book presents season-by-season information for the original South Atlantic Baseball League, which operated for 60 years in the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida. (In 1963, with the collapse of the Southern Association, the league was promoted to Double-A status and renamed the Southern League.) Each chapter opens with a season summary and is followed by league standings, team records and rosters, and statistics for each player.

About the Author(s)

Award-winning author Marshall D. Wright is a sports statistician and archivist. He lives in Quincy, Massachusetts and is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and Society International of Hockey Research.

Bibliographic Details

Marshall D. Wright
Format: softcover (7 x 10)
Pages: 427
Bibliographic Info: tables, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2009
pISBN: 978-0-7864-3626-2
eISBN: 978-0-7864-5492-1
Imprint: McFarland

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments      vii

Preface      xi

Prelude—Southern Alternative      1

1904—“Little Coast League”      3

1905—Georgia Peach      8

1906—Paucity of Data      13

1907—Arthur Raymond      18

1908—Jacksonville Jays      23

1909—Seven Gems      29

1910—Foxes and Peaches      35

1911—Orphans      41

1912—Import      47

1913—Savannah Colts      52

1914—Charleston Sea Gulls      58

1915—Change of Plans      64

1916—Quick Retribution      70

1917—Clouds on the Horizon      77

1919—Association      82

1920—Columbia Comers      87

1921—Goose      93

1922—Skein Unraveled      99

1923—Charlotte Hornets      105

1924—George Rhinehardt      111

1925—“Clever Nine”      117

1926—Greenville Spinners      124

1927—Southern Championship      130

1928—Tourists      137

1929—Passing Through      144

1930—James Hudgens      152

1936—Columbus Red Birds      158

1937—Three-Cornered Tilt      165

1938—Seventh Game      171

1939—Double      180

1940—Ray Sanders      188

1941—Little Dixie      196

1942—One-Man Wrecking Crew      205

1946—War Hero      213

1947—Suspended      222

1948—Triple Play      230

1949—Macon Peaches      237

1950—Leagues Apart      244

1951—Hard and Easy      252

1952—Bad Year      259

1953—Five Brave Men      268

1954—Try Out      277

1955—Windstorm      287

1956—John Tsitouris      297

1957—Augusta Tigers      307

1958—Reduction      317

1959—Temporary Home      325

1960—Proven Leader      335

1961—Hard Luck      345

1962—Segregated Seating      355

1963—Out with the Old      365

Postlude—In with the New      375

Selected Bibliography      377

Index      379