Black Baseball, 1858-1900 [NC LIVE HomeGrown Ebook Collection via Biblioboard] : A Comprehensive Record of the Teams, Players, Managers, Owners and Umpires

This is one of the most important baseball books to be published in a long time, taking a comprehensive look at black participation in the national pastime from 1858 through 1900. It provides team rosters and team histories, player biographies, a list of umpires and games they officiated and information on team managers and team secretaries. Well known organizations like the Washington's Mutuals, Philadelphia Pythians, Chicago Uniques, St. Louis Black Stockings, Cuban Giants and Chicago Unions are documented, as well as lesser known teams like the Wilmington Mutuals, Newton Black Stockings, San Francisco Enterprise, Dallas Black Stockings, Galveston Flyaways, Louisville Brotherhoods and Helena Pastimes. Player biographies trace their connections between teams across the country. Essays frame the biographies, discussing the social and cultural events that shaped black baseball. Waiters and barbers formed the earliest organized clubs and developed local, regional and national circuits. Some players belonged to both white and colored clubs, and some umpires officiated colored, white and interracial matches. High schools nurtured young players and transformed them into powerhouse teams, like Cincinnati's Vigilant Base Ball Club. A special essay covers visual representations of black baseball and the artists who created them, including colored artists of color who were also baseballists. This Is One Of The Most Important Baseball Books To Be Published In A Long Time, Taking A Comprehensive Look At Black Participation In The National Pastime From 1858 Through 1900. It Provides Team Rosters And Team Histories, Player Biographies, A List Of Umpires And Games They Officiated, And Information On Team Managers And Team Secretaries-- Volume 1. Introduction: The Scribbling Class -- They Covered Themselves In Glory: The Lost Baseball World Of The New Negro (essay) -- Team Profiles, 1858-1900 -- Club Rosters, 1858-1900 -- Directory: Managers, Promoters, And Other Contacts, 1867-1900 -- Volume 2: Brothers And Brotherhood: Black Baseball's Family Networks (essay) -- Empire And Pastime: The Objectification Of Black Baseball (essay) -- Player Register, A-l -- Volume 3: Player Register, M-z -- A Matter Of Ability, And Not Color: The Rise Of Black Umpires (essay) -- Black Umpires: A Chronology Of Games, 1858-1900 -- The Politics Of Performance: Music, Minstrelsy And Black Baseball (essay). James E. Brunson Iii ; Foreword By John Thorn. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.