Louisville Grays
Louisville Grays | |||
---|---|---|---|
Information | |||
League | National League | ||
Location | Louisville, Kentucky | ||
Ballpark | Louisville Baseball Park | ||
Founded | 1876 | ||
Folded | 1877 | ||
Colors | |||
Ownership | Walter Newman Haldeman & Charles Chase | ||
Management | Jack Chapman | ||
Uniforms | |||
|
The Louisville Grays were a 19th-century United States
Overview
The Grays were undone by
Team president Charles Chase received two anonymous
The telegrams indicated that pitcher Jim Devlin, left fielder George Hall, and utility player Al Nichols intentionally lost games in exchange for money. No direct evidence was found implicating Craver. All four were banned from baseball for life, Craver for refusing to comply with the investigation.
Devlin pitched every inning for the 1877 Grays, leading the league in games and innings pitched. Hall played every inning in left field; he was a good batter, and was the 1876 home run leader with five. The original St. Louis Brown Stockings had signed Devlin and Hall for 1878 and went out of business with the Grays after the investigation.[2]
See also
- Louisville Grays all-time roster
- 1876 Louisville Grays season
- 1877 Louisville Grays season
- 1877 Louisville Grays scandal
- Sports in Louisville, Kentucky
References
- ^ "1877: The Spectre of Gambling". Archived from the original on 2003-09-03.
- ^ Cash 38-54
- Cash, Jon David. Before They Were Cardinals: Major-League Baseball in Nineteenth-Century St. Louis. 2002, U. of Missouri Press.
- Cook, William. The Louisville Grays Scandal of 1877. 2005, paperback, McFarland and Co.
- Ginsburg, Daniel. The Fix Is In: A History of Baseball Gambling and Game Fixing Scandals. 2004, paperback, McFarland and Co.
External links
- Team index at Baseball Reference