Replaying Baseball's History
The Brooklyn Atlantics had one hitter who stood out this past season with a dominant performance.
It was right fielder Ed Swartwood, who put up a league best .342 batting average, capturing the 1882 AL batting title.
The 23-year-old 149 hits, 28 doubles, 8 triples and 5 home runs for the year. In 109 games Swartwood totaled 71 RBIs and scored 87 runs.
This is the sixth playoffs between the top 4 clubs from the MLB and the NNL. So far the MLB teams have won 3 of 5 series. In round one the Yankees defeated the Pirates in 5 games. The Indians went the full seven to defeat the Giants. In the next series once again the…
Four Months 102 Games Later July 31, 1969 The Yankees and Dodgers are rising to the top with a 6 game lead in their respective divisions. The Giants are second to the Dodgers and the Orioles are behind the Yankees. The White Sox retain a six game lead over the A’s in the AL West…
1922 the seventh of our Integreated playoffs project. So far we had had two Black clubs win the Integreated World Series, the 1920 Kanasas City Monarchs and the 1917 Chicago American Giants. The remaing series have been won by MLB Clubs; 1916 Boston Red Sox, 1918 the Red Sox won again, 1919 the Cincinnati Reds,…