1932 Chicago White Sox
Uniform & Team History Great uniform, bad team. The 1932 Chicago White Sox lost 102 games. Oldtime Game History First worn in 1999 by John Cahill of UMass/Lowell, who in 2001 was signed as a non-drafted free agent by the Anaheim Angels. Johnny Adams of Boston College, who wore it in 2014, was selected in […]
1930s Homestead Grays, No. 3 Josh Gibson
Uniform & Team History Hall of Famer Josh Gibson, who spent his entire career in the Negro Leagues, is now acknowledged as MLB’s all-time leader in batting average (.373), slugging percentage (.458) and OPS (1.176). Oldtime Game History When throwback uniforms were introduced to the Oldtime Baseball Game in 1998, the first player to represent […]
1921 Pittsburgh Pirates, Wilbur Cooper
Uniform & Team History Left-hander Wilbur Cooper’s 22 victories were the most in the National League in 1921. It was the second of four 20-win seasons for Cooper, whose lifetime record was 216-178.Also on the roster for the ’21 Pirates were Possum Whitted, Kiki Cuyler, Johnny Gooch and Moses Yellow Horse. Oldtime Game History Mark […]
1920s Detroit Stars, Bruce Petway
Uniform & Team History Bruce Petway was catcher for the Detroit Stars in 1920 when they were a charter member of the Negro National League. He also managed the team for four seasons. According to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, legend has it that in a 1910 exhibition game in Cuba Petway threw out Detroit […]
1920’s Chicago American Giants, Rube Foster
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. Foster died in 1930, but the club was active into the 1950s. Oldtime Game History The late Tim Wakefield, the legendary knuckleballer who won 200 games […]
1920’s Bacharach Giants, Dick Lundy
Uniform & Team History Based in Atlantic City, the Bacharach Giants won the Eastern Colored League pennant in 1926 and 1927, led by player-manager Dick Lundy. In both cases they lost the Negro League World Series to the Chicago American Giants. Lundy’s great-grandson is dancer/choreographer/actor Savion Glover, who, among many other accomplishments, was nominated for […]
1918 Chicago Cubs
Uniform & Team History The 1918 Cubs hold the distinction of being the last team to lose to the Red Sox in the World Series until the Sox swept the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2004 Fall Classic. Oldtime Game History One of the most revered uniforms in our collection, it was worn in 2002 […]
1920 Cleveland Indians, Ray Chapman
Uniform & Team History Ray Chapman, one of the best defensive shortstops of his era, is the only player in major-league history to be killed as a result of an in-game injury. Leading off the fifth inning of the Indians’ August 16, 1920 game against the Yankees at the Polo Grounds, Chapman was hit in […]