1910 New Orleans Pelicans season

The 1910 New Orleans Pelicans season was a season in professional baseball. The Pelicans played in the Southern Association and won their second league pennant.[1][2] One sportswriter ranked them as the greatest sports team in the history of New Orleans.[3] The team was owned and managed by Charlie Frank.[1]

1910 New Orleans Pelicans (baseball)
LeagueSouthern Association
Record87–53 (.621)
League place1st
Team information
ManagerCharlie Frank
BallparkPelican Park
CityNew Orleans, Louisiana

Shoeless Joe Jackson was a member of the team. Jackson had previously played for the Philadelphia Athletics of the American League, and owner Connie Mack sent him on loan to the Pelicans for the 1910 season. Jackson had a .354 batting average for New Orleans to win his third minor league batting title. He also led the league with 82 runs scored, 165 hits, and 19 triples, and he was praised for "his sweet swing and effortless skills in the outfield." This was Jackson's only season with the Pelicans. Later that year, he returned to the American League with the Cleveland Naps and batted .387 in 20 games.[4][5][6][7]

Hank Butcher, George Rohe, and John W. Weimer tied for the league lead in home runs with 4 each. The team's pitchers were Ted Breitenstein, Otto Hess, Bert Maxwell, and Pat Paige.[4] Hess had a 25–9 record, leading one writer to call the Pelicans a "two-man team" between Hess and Jackson.[8] Paige went 24–14, and Breitenstein went 19–9.[9]

The team coasted to an 8-game lead in the standings.[10] After clinching the pennant, New Orleans defeated the Atlanta Crackers, and "a brass band played between innings, and twice during the game snacks of pretzels and sauerkraut were delivered onto the field, where play was halted so the athletes could snack."[7]

Standings
Team W L Pct. GB
New Orleans Pelicans 8753.621—
Birmingham Barons 7961.5648
Atlanta Crackers 7563.54311
Chattanooga Lookouts 6671.482191⁄2
Nashville Vols 6476.45723
Mobile Sea Gulls 6375.45723
Memphis Turtles 6276.44924
Montgomery Rebels 5980.424271⁄2
Sources: [1][2]

Player statistics

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average

Shoeless Joe Jackson
George Rohe
Player G AB H Avg.
Ted Breitenstein379914.141
Charles Brooks4815430.195
Hank Butcher123444112.252
Gene DeMontreville10733964.189
Oscar Dugey19659.138
Otto Hess4110920.183
Shoeless Joe Jackson136466165.354
Jim Lafitte12639885.214
Bill Lindsay11035890.251
Frank Manush143476122.256
Bert Maxwell328111.136
John Mitchell23586.103
Pat Paige4412217.139
Eddie Reagan10327.219
George Rohe128458103.225
John W. Weimer135456107.235
Source: [4]

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; Pct. = Winning percentage

Player G W L Pct.
Ted Breitenstein31199.679
Otto Hess40259.735
Bert Maxwell321418.438
Pat Paige442414.632
Source: [4]

References
  1. "How They Stand at Season's End". The Tennessean. 18 September 1910. p. 18.
  2. "1910 Southern Association". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  3. "Greatest N.O. sports teams of all time: No. 1 | NOLA.com". March 3, 2016. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
  4. "1910 New Orleans Pelicans Statistics". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  5. Fleitz, David L. (2001). Shoeless: The Life and Times of Joe Jackson. McFarland. pp. 34-42.
  6. "Joe Jackson Led Hitters". Atlanta Constitution. September 25, 1910. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  7. Karst, James. ""The last days of Shoeless Joe Jackson in New Orleans"".. nola.com. September 25, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  8. "New Orleans had a Two-Man Team". The Arkansas Gazette. 20 September 1910. p. 8.
  9. "1910 Southern League (SL) minor league baseball Leaders on StatsCrew.com".
  10. Gisclair, S. Derby (February 11, 2004). Baseball in New Orleans. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738516141 – via Google Books.
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