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
Record78–54
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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