Pittsburgh Rebels
| Pittsburgh Rebels | |
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| Location | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Founded | 1913 |
| Disbanded | 1915 |
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| Former league(s) | |
| Former ballparks | |
| Colors | Navy, white (1915) |
| Ownership | C. B. Comstock & Edward Gwinner |
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The Pittsburgh Rebels were a
Northside. The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League left the stadium for Forbes Field in 1909. After the Rebels left Exposition Park in 1915, the field was demolished and its property became part of the adjacent rail yards.[2]
History
Origins
The team's origins can be traced to the
minor league club in the independent United States Baseball League in 1912.[1] The team was known as the Pittsburgh Filipinos in honor of their manager, Deacon Phillippe, a former pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Filipinos finished in first place during the league's inaugural season, which lasted only one month, with a 19-7 record.[3]
Federal League
The team joined the Federal League, which launched as an independent minor league in 1913, and were renamed the Stogies. They finished the season in last place with a 49–71 record in a 120-game season.
In early 1914, the Federal League president
player-manager, Rebel Oakes. The team then took on the nickname of the Rebels, after Oakes took over as the team's manager. With some strong financial backing, the team did not fare so well on the field. They ended up in seventh place (next to last) that season, with a 64-86 record.[4]
During the 1915 season, the team finished in third position with an 86-67 mark, 0.5 games behind the first place
no hitter of the season, after the Rebels defeated the St. Louis Terriers
2-0 on April 24, 1915.
Notable players
Some Rebels players had
Boston Braves, Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies
.
See also
References
- ^ a b Macgranachan, Brendan (January 8, 2010). "The United States Baseball League". Seemheads.com. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
- ISBN 978-1-61321-719-1. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ Haerle, Rudolf K. "The United States Baseball League of 1912: A Case Study of Organizational Failure" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-3835-8. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
External links
- Pietrusza, David (1991). The Formation, Sometimes Absorption and Mostly Inevitable Demise of 18 Professional Baseball Organizations, 1871 to Present. Jefferson (NC): McFarland & Company. ISBN 0-89950-590-2.
- Wiggins, Robert Peyton (2008). The Federal League of Base Ball Clubs: The History of an Outlaw Major League. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-3835-8.
- Federal League teams