Category: Hall of Fame
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Hall of Famers That Trained in the Region
Part 13: 1971 – 75 Boston Red Sox Winter Haven Chain O’ Lakes Park Chicago White Sox Sarasota Payne Park Cincinnati Reds Tampa Al Lopez Field Detroit Tigers Lakeland Joker Marchant Stadium New York Mets St. Petersburg Huggins-Stengel Field/ Al Lang Field Philadelphia Phillies Clearwater Jack Russell Stadium Pittsburgh Pirates Bradenton McKechnie Field St. Louis…
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Hall of Famers That Trained in the Region
Part 12: 1966 – 70 Boston Red Sox Winter Haven Chain O’ Lakes Park Chicago White Sox Sarasota Payne Park Cincinnati Reds Tampa Al Lopez Field Detroit Tigers Lakeland Joker Marchant Stadium New York Mets St. Petersburg Huggins-Stengel Field/ Al Lang Field Kansa City ’66/Oakland ’67, 68 A’s Bradenton McKechnie Field Philadelphia Phillies Clearwater Jack…
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Hall of Famers That Trained in the Region
Part 11: 1961 – 65 Chicago White Sox Sarasota Payne Park Cincinnati Reds Tampa AL Lopez Field Detroit Tigers Lakeland Henley Field Kansas City A’s Bradenton ’63 – 65 McKechnie Field Milwaukee Braves Bradenton ’61, 62 Braves Field ’61 McKechnie Field ’62 New York Yankees St. Petersburg ’61 Huggins Field, Al Lang Field New York…
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Hall of Famers That Trained in the Region
Part 10: 1956 – 1960 Boston Red Sox 1956 – 58 Sarasota Payne Park Chicago White Sox ’56 – 59 Tampa Al Lopez Field ’60 Sarasota Payne Park Cincinnati Reds 1956 – 60 Tampa AL Lopez Field Detroit Tigers 1956 – 60 Lakeland Henley Field Milwaukee Braves 1956 – 60 Bradenton Braves Field New York…
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Hall of Famers That Trained in the Region
Part 9: 1951 – 1955 Boston ‘51,52, Milwaukee Braves ’53 – 55 Bradenton Braves Field Boston Red Sox Sarasota Payne Park Chicago White Sox ’54, 55 Tampa Plant Field Cincinnati Reds Tampa Plant Field Detroit Tigers Lakeland Joker Marchant New York Giants ’51 St. Petersburg Huggins Fled/Al Lang Field New York Yankees ’50, 52 –…
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Hall of Famers That Trained in the Region
Part 8: 1946 – 50 Boston Braves ’48 – 50 Bradenton – City Park Boston Red Sox ’46 – 50 Sarasota – Payne Park Cincinnati Reds ’46 – 50 Tampa – Plant Field Cleveland Indians ’46 Clearwater – Athletic Park (Green) Detroit Tigers ’46 – 50 Lakeland – Henley Field New York Yankees St. Petersburg…
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Dr. J. L. Moorefield and Moorefield Ballpark, 1920
Doc Moorefield became St. Pete’s Mr. Baseball for 1920 Part 1 Who is Dr. J. L. Moorefield? Is he a scoundrel? A philanthropist? A businessman trying to make it anyway he can? The man who perhaps saved St. Petersburg, Fla’s., aspirations to be a home for spring training baseball? I’ll leave those judgements up to…
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Did You Know?
During the 1916 – 17 training camp at Coffee Pot park, the Phillies had a young outfielder named Bud Weiser. * * * When the Braves came to play the Cardinals at Al Lang Field in 1952, their leadoff man was named Jack Daniels. * * * Also in 1952, March 9, combative…
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Hall of Famers That Trained in the Region
Part 5: 1935 – 39 Boston Braves ‘ 35 Bees ’36 – 37 St. Petersburg – Waterfront Park “38 – 39 Bradenton – City Park Boston Red Sox ’35 – 39 Sarasota – Payne Park Brooklyn DOdgers ’36 – 39 Clearwater -Brooklyn Field Cincinnati Reds ’35 – 39 Tampa – Plant Field Detroit Tigers ’35…
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Hall of Famers That Trained in the Region
Part 4: 1930 – 1934 Boston Braves ’30 – 34 St. Petersburg – Waterfront Park Brooklyn Robins/Dodgers ’30 – 32 Clearwater – Brooklyn Field Detroit Tigers 1930 Tampa Plant Field ’34 Lakeland – Henley Field New York Yankees ’30 – 34 St. Petersburg – Huggins Field, Watrefront Park Philadelphia Phillies ’30 – 35 Winter Haven…