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The Mansfield Club Grounds had an especially convenient location, as the Valley Railroad ran right by the field. The grandstand held about 800 people, and around 650 were attendance as the Mansfields played their first game there on June 9, 1871, a 30–14 loss to the Brooklyn Atlantics .
Mansfield Club Grounds, also known as Mansfield Park and Fort Hill Grounds, was a baseball ballpark located in Middletown, Connecticut. The ballpark was home to the Middletown Mansfields baseball club during the 1872 season, from May 2nd until July 4th. [2] Like the team, it was named after Civil War General Joseph K. Mansfield.
Harold Seymour (June 10, 1910 – September 26, 1992) was an American baseball historian and academic who is best known as the co-author of the baseball history trilogy: Baseball: The Early Years, Baseball: The Golden Age, Baseball: The People's Game. Though Seymour was initially credited as the sole author of the highly acclaimed trilogy, his ...
Stapleton Baseball Club: struck on head by a pitch 1908 [125] John Garcia: 28 Catcher: Cuban Giants: cardiac arrest during game 1904 [126] Josh Gibson † 35 Catcher: Homestead Grays: brain tumor and stroke: 1947 Clifford Larkins: 21 Catcher: Zulu Cannibal Giants: struck on the throat by a pitch 1937 [127] José Leblanc: 28 Pitcher: Cuban Stars
Jul. 9— Why he's Coach of the Year: Difilippo's 17th season overseeing Mahomet-Seymour baseball brought about some big-time accomplishments. This year's crew collected 31 wins, the most in ...
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In 1906, the city was represented in then Ohio–Pennsylvania League with the Mansfield Giants. The club changed its name to the Mansfield Pioneers in 1907 until 1909. The team was once again renamed the Mansfield Reformers in 1910 and the Mansfield Brownies in 1911. In 1912 the club moved back to the Ohio State League for their final season of ...
However, Seymour was undeterred. The game against Louisville was played in the morning, and in the afternoon, he went to Sewickley to pitch a game for the local club there. Following his baseball years, he worked as a bartender and served on both the local police force and fire department (as a Horseman with Engine Co. 1).