1907 Atlanta Crackers season

The 1907 Atlanta Crackers season represented the Atlanta Crackers baseball team in the Southern Association and won the team's first league pennant.[1][2] The team was managed by Billy Smith.[3]

1907 Atlanta Crackers
Team photo by Will Nelson
Minor league affiliations
Location
Results
Record7854
League place1st
Other information
Manager(s)Billy Smith
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This was the Crackers first season playing at Ponce de Leon Park.[4] The team's road uniforms featured faint red lines.[5]

Dode Paskert led the league with six home runs.[6][7] The team also featured Roy Castleton, Lou Castro, Dutch Jordan, and Syd Smith.

References

  1. Patten, William; McSpadden, Joseph Walker (February 11, 1911). "The Book of Baseball: The National Game from the Earliest Days to the Present Season". P.F. Collier via Google Books.
  2. "Spalding's Official Baseball Record". February 11, 1915 via Google Books.
  3. The Crackers: Early Days of Atlanta Baseball, by Tim Darnell, 2003
  4. "Atlanta's first famous baseball park was also home to a giant magnolia tree in center field | MLB.com".
  5. "Cracker Road Uniforms Will Be Very Fetching". The Atlanta Constitution. March 20, 1907. p. 11 via Newspapers.com. open access
  6. "1907 Southern League (SL) minor league baseball Leaders on StatsCrew.com".
  7. "1907 Atlanta Crackers Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
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