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New Orleans, Louisiana. Ballpark. Heinemann Park (1920) Established. 1920. Nickname (s) Caulfield Ads. The New Orleans Ads were a Negro Southern League (NSL) baseball team in 1920 based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The team was started by Fred Caulfield, a local backer, [1] and the team is often referred to in newspapers as the Caulfield Ads.
The 1920 major league baseball season began on April 14, 1920. The regular season ended on October 3, with the Brooklyn Robins and Cleveland Indians as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 17th World Series on October 5 and ended with Game 7 on October 12.
Wesley Barrow, Jr. was born on November 13, 1900, in West Baton Rough Parish, Louisiana to sharecroppers Wesley, Sr. and Nancie. [2] Finishing school at the 6th grade, Barrow plied his trade as a part time catcher as a young man on various semi-pro and barnstorming teams beginning in 1920.
Founded in 1865 as an amateur social/sporting organization, the Pelicans became a professional franchise when they joined the Southern League in 1887. That league operated off and on until it finally folded in 1899. During that time the team captured three pennants: 1887, 1889, and 1896. [3][4] The Pelicans then became a founding member of the ...
Location: New Orleans City Park – 5400 Stadium Drive (south); Marconi Drive (west); Roosevelt Mall Street (north and east) Louisiana Superdome – later renamed Mercedes-Benz Superdome and now Caesars Superdome. Home of: New Orleans Pelicans – American Association (1977) – moved from Tulsa Oilers of 1932–1942 and 1946–1976 ...
The New Orleans Negro league baseball teams, the New Orleans Black Pelicans and New Orleans Creoles, also played at the stadium. [3] The New Orleans–St. Louis Stars also played half of their home games here in 1941. [4] [5] The ballpark was the Cleveland Guardians' spring training location in 1916–1920 and 1928–1939; [6] the Boston Red ...
Metairie Pelicans - Negro league baseball [14] New Orleans Acid Iron Earth - Gulf League (f. 1886) [12] New Orleans Ads - Negro Southern League (1920–21, 1935–36) New Orleans Algiers Giants - Independent Negro leagues (1926) [14] New Orleans Baseball Club - Gulf League (f. 1886) [12] New Orleans Black Eagles - Negro league baseball
The 1920 World Series was the championship series for Major League Baseball 's 1920 season. The series was a best-of-nine format played between the American League (AL) champion Cleveland Indians and the National League (NL) champion Brooklyn Robins, with the Indians defeating the Robins five games to two. The only World Series triple play, the ...