{"product_id":"9781933599588","title":"New Century, New Team: The 1901 Boston Americans","description":"The team now known as the Boston Red Sox played its first season in 1901. The city of Boston had a well-established National League team, known at the time as the Beaneaters, but the founders of the American League knew that Boston was a strong baseball market and when they launched the league as a new major league in 1901, they went head-to-head with the N.L. in Chicago, Philadelphia, and Boston. Chicago won the American League pennant and Boston finished second, just four games behind.\u003cp\u003eThe Boston Americans played in a new ballpark - the Huntington Avenue Grounds - literally on the other side of the railroad tracks from the Beaneaters and they out-drew the Beaneaters by more than 2-1, in part because they had enticed some of the more popular players - player\/ manager Jimmy Collins, pitcher Cy Young, and slugger Buck Freeman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume represents the collective work of more than 25 members of SABR --the Society for American Baseball Research. It offers individual biographies of the players, team owner Charles Somers, league founder Ban Johnson, and two of the team's most noted fans: Hi Hi Dixwell and Nuf Ced McGreevy. There is also a \"biography\" of the Huntington Avenue Grounds ballpark and a study of media coverage of Boston baseball in 1901, and a timeline running from the first spring training through that year's postseason games.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book includes over 125 vintage and rare photographs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncludes written contributions by the following SABR members: Bill Nowlin., Fred Schuld, Joe Santry and Cindy Thomson, Ron Selter, Donna L. Halper., Charlie Bevis, Steve Krah., Charles Faber, Dennis Auger, Jim Elfers, Eric Enders, Jack Morris, Paul Wendt, Frank Vaccaro, Rory Costello, Mike Lackey, Dan Desrochers, David Forrester, Tom Simon, David Southwick, Joanne Hulbert, Pete Nash, Dan Fields.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull Table of Contents:\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Bill Nowlin\u003cbr\u003eFranchise Firsts: Bill Nowlin\u003cbr\u003eTeam Owner: George Somers: Fred Schuld\u003cbr\u003eAmerican League President Ban Johnson: Joe Santry and Cindy Thomson \u003cbr\u003eThe Ballpark: Huntington Avenue Grounds: Ron Selter\u003cbr\u003eA Fuller Portrait of the First Home Game of the Franchise \u003cbr\u003eBaseball in the New Century: Following the Boston Americans in 1901: Donna L. Halper\u003cbr\u003eThe Players Ben Beville: Bill Nowlin\u003cbr\u003eJimmy Collins: Charlie Bevis \u003cbr\u003eLou Criger: Steve Krah\u003cbr\u003eGeorge \"Nig\" Cuppy: Charles Faber\u003cbr\u003eTommy Dowd: Bill Nowlin \u003cbr\u003eHobe Ferris: Dennis Auger\u003cbr\u003eFrank Foreman: Jim Elfers \u003cbr\u003eBuck Freeman: Eric Enders \u003cbr\u003eHarry Gleason: Jack Morris\u003cbr\u003eCharlie Hemphill: Paul Wendt\u003cbr\u003eCharlie Jones: Frank Vaccaro\u003cbr\u003eWin Kellum: Bill Nowlin\u003cbr\u003eTed Lewis: Rory Costello \u003cbr\u003eLarry McLean: Mike Lackey\u003cbr\u003eFred Mitchell: Bill Nowlin\u003cbr\u003eFrank Morrissey: Bill Nowlin\u003cbr\u003eFreddy Parent: Dan Desrochers\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Prentiss: David Forrester\u003cbr\u003eOsee Schrecongost: Bill Nowlin \u003cbr\u003eJack Slattery: Bill Nowlin\u003cbr\u003eChick Stahl: Dennis Auger\u003cbr\u003eJake Volz: Bill Nowlin \u003cbr\u003eGeorge Winter: Tom Simon\u003cbr\u003eCy Young: David Southwick\u003cbr\u003ePersonality: \"Hi Hi\" Dixwell:Joanne Hulbert\u003cbr\u003ePersonality: Mike \"Nuf Ced\" McGreevy: Pete Nash\u003cbr\u003e1901 Boston Americans Season Timeline: Bill Nowlin\u003cbr\u003eBy the Numbers: Dan Fields\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Society for American Baseball Research","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055814000880,"sku":"9781933599588","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781933599588_p0.jpg?v=1763640994","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781933599588","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}