1930s Homestead Grays, No. 3 Josh Gibson
Uniform & Team History Josh Gibson, who is in the Hall of Fame, was the greatest offensive player in Negro League history and was known as the Black Babe Ruth. Oldtime Game History When throwback uniforms were introduced to the Oldtime Baseball Game in 1998, the first player to represent the Homestead Grays was Sean […]
1921 Pittsburgh Pirates
Uniform & Team History Pitcher Wilbur Cooper won 22 games for the 1921 Pittsburgh Pirates. Also on the roster were Possum Whitted, Kiki Cuyler, Johnny Gooch and pitcher Chief Yellowhorse. Oldtime Game History Mark Langone of Stonehill College, who wore this uniform in 1998, later played professionally in Italy and wrote a lively blog about […]
1920s Detroit Stars
Uniform & Team History A charter member of the Negro National League in 1920, their star catcher, Bruce Petway, in 1910 was said to have twice thrown out Detroit Tigers great Ty Cobb trying to steal second base in an exhibition game. Oldtime Game History Introduced to the Oldtime Baseball Game in 2009, it was […]
1920’s Chicago American Giants
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 Tim Wakefield, the legendary knuckleballer who won 200 games during his big-league career — all but […]
1920’s Bacharach Giants
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. Oldtime Game History Two former big-leaguers have come out of retirement to play in […]
1918 Chicago Cubs
Uniform & Team History Had 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 by Tom Cassell, […]
1915 Cleveland Indians
Uniform & Team History In honor of the late Ray Chapman, who was one of the best defensive shortstops of his era. On August 16, 1920, he was hit by a pitch thrown by Carl Mays of the Yankees and died the next day, making him the only player in big-league history to die as […]
1914 Providence Grays
Uniform & Team History After being sold by the minor-league Baltimore Orioles to the Red Sox, a 19-year-old named Babe Ruth was sent by the Sox to play for the Providence Grays of the International League, helping the Grays to a first-place finish. Oldtime Game History Chris Shaw of Lexington and Boston College, who wore […]