Gresham Giants Baseball Team
by Gresham Giants 1900s
Photograph of the Gresham Giants baseball team in their uniforms, with coach Joe Patenaude. Front Row: Unknown, Carl Wirtz, Bill Hamlin, Unknown, Bert Metzger Back Row: Unknown, Bill Scarek, Joe Patenaude, Unknown, Tommy Townsend, Unknown
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- Description
- Photograph of the Gresham Giants baseball team in their uniforms, with coach Joe Patenaude. Front Row: Unknown, Carl Wirtz, Bill Hamlin, Unknown, Bert Metzger Back Row: Unknown, Bill Scarek, Joe Patenaude, Unknown, Tommy Townsend, Unknown
- Provenance
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Positions of the players switched often, but are recorded as follows for this photo: Pitcher: Tommy Townsend, Catcher: Bill Hamlin, Short stop: Charlie Larson (Sycamore), 1st Base: Bert Metzger, 2nd Base: Bill Scarek, 3rd Base: Charlie Merrill, Outfield: Leslie (Les) Merrill, Carl Wirtz, Fritz Wirtz, Joe Patenaude.
The Gresham Giants baseball team was formed around 1901 and lasted through 1920, due to conflicts between Sunday games and church services. It was semiprofessional by 1908, and part of an inter-city league that included Montavilla, Oregon City, Portland, and other nearby communities. Jimmy Claxton, the first Black player to break the professional baseball color line, was briefly signed to the team in 1915/16, but left prior to the start of the season. - Date
- 1900s
- Creator
- Gresham Giants
- Subject
- Sports
- Baseball
- Baseball managers
- Baseball players
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Identifier
- ghs1401
- Contributor
- Gresham Historical Society
- Extent
- Print, Photographic
- Type
- StillImage
- Item sets
- Gresham Heritage
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