Uniform & Team History
Rube Foster, who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981, founded the Chicago American Giants in 1911 and managed them through 1926. The club was active into the 1950s.
Oldtime Game History
First baseman Chris Shaw of Lexington and Boston College, who wore this uniform in 2014, was selected in the first round of the 2015 Major League Baseball amateur draft (31st pick overall) by the San Francisco Giants.
Also worn by:
Connor O’Sullivan-Pierce, Trinity College (’09); Joe Clark, New England College (’10); Danny Findley, Bowdoin College (’11); Brendan Casey, Azusa Pacific University (’12); Mike Cunningham, Suffolk University (’13); Anthony Maselli, Boston College (’15); Tommy Haugh, Bentley University (alum) (’16-17).