Bacharach Giants
| Bacharach Giants | |
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| Location | Atlantic Park Dog Track (1928–1929) |
| Established | 1916 |
| Disbanded | 1929 |
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The Bacharach Giants were a Negro league baseball team that played in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Founding
The club was founded when two African-American politicians moved the Duval Giants of Jacksonville, Florida, to Atlantic City in 1916 and renamed them after Harry Bacharach, the city's mayor. The Bacharachs became a top independent team within a few years, featuring shortstop Dick Lundy, third baseman Oliver Marcell, and the great pitchers Dick Redding and Jesse "Nip" Winters.
League play
In 1920 the club joined the Midwest-based
In the winter of 1920-1921, the club competed in the Cuban League, and were managed by Tinti Molina.[1]
In 1922, the club splintered into two factions; one took most of the roster and moved to New York City under the management of John Henry Lloyd, while the other remained in Atlantic City.
In 1923, the two clubs were reunited in Atlantic City, and the Bacharach Giants became a founding member of the
Decline and demise
Despite the Bacharachs' success, attendance was not high enough to sustain their high-priced roster. In one of the most famous trades in Negro league history, they sent Lundy and Marcelle to the
Later reincarnation and demise
In 1931, white promoter Harry Passon organized a new Bacharach team based in Philadelphia. The club eventually joined Gus Greenlee's new Negro National League in 1934 but returned to independent baseball in 1935. The Bacharachs then operated independently until Passon's death in 1942 and then disbanded for good.
References
- ^ "1920-21 Winter Cuban League at Seamheads". seamheads.com. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
- The Negro Leagues Book edited by Dick Clark & Larry Lester {1994} Publisher: The Society for American Baseball Research (Cleveland OH) ISBN 0-910137-55-2
- The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues by James A. Riley {1994} Publisher: Carroll & Graf (New York NY) ISBN 0-7867-0959-6
- Negro League Baseball - The Rise and Ruin of a Black Institution by Neil Lanctot {2004} Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press (Philadelphia, PA)