Orator O'Rourke : the life of a baseball radical / Mike Roer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roer, Mike, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

O'Rourke, Jim, 1850-1919.

O'Rourke, Jim.

Baseball players--United States--Biography.

Baseball players.

United States.

Baseball team owners--United States--Biography.

Baseball team owners.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 333 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2005]

Summary:

"As a player, manager, team captain, umpire, owner and league president, Jim O'Rourke (1851-1918) spoke for the players. Nicknamed "Orator" for his booming voice and his championing of the rights of professional athletes, he was a driving force in making the sport a profession, bringing respectability to the role of professional baseball player. "--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Beginnings 7

2 Jim Joins the Club (1866-1871) 11

3 Middletown Mansfields (1872) 27

4 Boston Red Stockings (1873) 33

5 The Red Stockings in Great Britain (1874) 40

6 The Tools of Ignorance (1875) 51

7 Boston Red Caps (1876-1878) 60

8 Providence Grays (1879) 74

9 Return to the Boston Red Caps (1880) 83

10 Buffalo Bisons (1881-1883) 90

11 John O'Rourke Joins the Mets (1883) 106

12 National League Batting Champion (1884) 108

13 New York Giants (1885-1887) 117

14 O'Rourke at Yale Law School (1885-1887) 124

15 The Brotherhood (1886-1887) 128

16 The Color Line (1887) 138

17 Orations (1888) 141

18 The Giants Win the Pennant (1888) 145

19 The Baseball War (1889) 152

20 The World's Series (1889) 162

21 Players' League Giants (1890) 169

22 Return to National League Giants (1891-1892) 187

23 Washington Senators (1893) 191

24 National League Umpire (1894) 195

25 Bridgeport Victors (1895-1897) 203

26 New Home for the Bridgeports (1898-1900) 215

27 Defending the Minor Leagues (1900-1903) 220

28 The Bridgeport Orators (1903-1907) 231

29 The NAPBL (1907) 237

30 Hanging Up the Glove (1908-1910) 241

31 Baseball's Elder Statesman (1911-1913) 248

32 The New England Baseball War (1913-1919) 253

33 The Baseball Wars: A Look Back 271

Appendix A Jim O'Rourke's Professional Statistics 277

Appendix B Evolution of the Rules of Baseball 279

Appendix C The Bat 295

Appendix D The Ball 296.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-329) and index.

ISBN:

0786423552

OCLC:

62281432