superbas

7 photos tagged superbas, from 1 member of Flickr Commons.

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1906

1914

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Kilted Cowboy said:
Oct 4, 1913 Brooklyn Dodger Jake Daubert earns a new Chalmers auto as the first baseman won the Chalmers Award, a precursor to the National League MVP There have been three different "most valuable player" awards in baseball since 1911. The Chalmers Award was the first of those three and it was presented by between 1911 and 1914 by Chalmers Automotive — a Detroit based automobile company. www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_chalm.shtml en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalmers_Automobile
Kristi (LOC P&P) said:
nudecowboy: Thanks for the additional information on this photograph. We'll add to the description when we update the record!
Art Siegel said:
Not sure where the Oct. 4 date came from in Kilted Cowboy's post, above. I didn't find it in the cites. Most likely this is Oct. 7, the first game of the World Series, judging from the crowds in the Polo Grounds. We know they aren't there just to see a Dodger! (see next picture of Mayor Kline).
Kilted Cowboy said:
it's been a long time since this post, I may have just fat fingered it...

Art Siegel said:
On the right, New York Giants Catcher Chief Meyers, who would end his long tenure with the Giants at the end of the 1915 season to play for their Brooklyn rivals, the Robins (Dodgers). www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/schedule.php?y=1915&am... On the left, Brooklyn Catcher Lew McCarty, who would also switch teams and play for the Giants in 1916. www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=mccarle01

mbouchard58 said:
Assuming the date (7 May 1914) is correct, this photograph was taken at the Baker Bowl in Philadelphia, where the Robins (as the Brooklyn team was called then) beat the Phillies, 6-5. Aitchison was the starting pitcher for Brooklyn (see retrosheet.org and baseball-reference.com)
TVL1970 said:
mbouchard58 Looks like the photo was dated sometime after it was actually taken. Given the outfield configuration, background, wall, and signage (Hunter Whiskey, New York Central System, Ajax Tires, Schweppes, White Rose, etc.), I believe this is actually the Polo Grounds.
Art Siegel said:
yeah, it's identical to the signage in www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/5209397538/ which shows the Polo Grounds on opening day of the 1914 season (a Yankees/Athletics) game. Brooklyn had played the New York Giants in the Polo Grounds on May 2, 4 and 6. www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1914/PKL_NYC141914.htm Aitchison is wearing Brooklyn's road grays in the picture, so this must be from that series.