Tampa Bay Regional Baseball History

Category: Region

  • Back-To-Back-To-Back, Part 2

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    Part 2: George Smith After Ed Charles leaves Gibbs High School, he is succeeded in Gibbs High School Athletics by Sophomore George Smith. Beginning in the fall of ’52, Smith plays three sports, football, basketball and baseball. He is a key reserve as a back in football his sophomore season. A highlight being a “pick…

  • Coffee Pot Ballpark, Part 11

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    1914 Spring Training, Let the Games Begin! The schedule would feature 20 games with 10 being played at Coffee Pot. The Cubs in Tampa were scheduled for six games, three at each venue. Connie Mack’s Athletics were also scheduled for six games, three in St. Pete and three in Jacksonville. The cross-town Cardinals training in…

  • Back-To-Back-To-Back, Part 1

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    Part 1: Ed Charles There have been three African American ball players to make the “white” major leagues that can be claimed as a son of St. Petersburg. Two of whom were native born. All three attended Gibbs High School when it was the segregated “negro” school for St. Petersburg. A unique feature of this…

  • Coffee Pot Ballpark, Part 10

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    1914 Spring Training Branch Rickey is just 32 years old and is entering his first full season as a manager in the major leagues. Most managers his age are player-managers. Even though he will pinch-hit twice during the upcoming regular season, he really doesn’t fit that bill. Rickey did play in the major leagues prior…

  • Hall of Famers That Trained in the Region

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    Part 3: 1925 – 1929 Boston Braves ’25 – 29 St. Petersburg – Waterfront Park P                    Rube Marquard                       25 Mgr/SS      Dave Bancroft                          25 – 27 OF                Casey Stengel                          25 Mgr/2B      Rogers Hornsby                        28 1B                 George Sisler                             29 SS                 Rabbit Maranville                    29 Brooklyn Dodgers ’25 – 29 Clearwater – Brooklyn Field Cleveland Indians: 1925 – 27                    Lakeland – Henley…

  • Hall of Famers That Trained in the Region

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    Part 2 1919 – 24 Boston Red Sox: 1919 Tampa – Plant Field Washington Nationals: 1920 – 24 Tampa – Plant Field Boston Braves: 1922 – 24 St. Petersburg – Waterfront Park Cleveland Indians: 1923, 24 Lakeland – Henley Field St. Louis Cardinals: 1923, 24 Bradenton – City Park Chicago White Sox: 1924                            Winter Haven…

  • Hall of Famers That Trained in the Region

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    Part 1 1913 – 18 Chicago Cubs: 1913 – 16                     Tampa – Plant Field St. Louis Browns: 1914                                   St. Petersburg – Coffee Pot (Sunshine) Ballpark 1925 – 27                          Tarpon Springs – Sisler Field Philadelphia Phillies: 1915 – 18                          St. Petersburg – Coffee Pot (Sunshine) Ballpark