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Spud Murphy was an aspiring young pitcher from the Sacramento Valley. In 1927, Murphy was on the Sacramento PCL team. Murphy didn't stay long in the Coast League. His son, John Murphy, recently shared with OldCoastLeague.com a 1927 brodside that remains in their family collection. It is always a joy to have people share such heirlooms with us. Thank you John.
The interesting thing about this image is the games played in Stockton.
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Building an online resource for the Old Coast League
The old coast league refers to the Old Pacific Coast League, 1903-1958. In this case, “oldcoastleague.com” will include all west coast baseball prior to 1958, not just the PCL. The bulk of the collection will focus on the Coast League. When possible show a players roots as they learned how to play in fast company.
Ping Bodie was an early "Fence Buster" and a true San Francisco fan favorite
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It is yet to be defined what the scope of this site will be. There is hope that it can becomes powered by a community of fans of the history of baseball on the west coast. So many great players came from this region. From places like Pacific Northwest, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Area and Southern California. Teams like the San Francisco Seals, Oakland Oaks, and Seattle Rainiers.
Let us know if you want to be a part of Old Coast League Community, help us grow to be the foremost online resource for fans of old coast league baseball...share your vision, share your knowledge. Contact Us
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It has always been said that Jimmy Claxton was presented to the Oakland Oaks as an American Indian straight off the reservation. At least that is what has always been written to explain how an African American played in a non-segregated game of professional baseball in 1916. I find it really hard to believe that the Oakland Oaks were naive to Claxton's race, or that they thought fans would be too.
Within Oakland in 1915 there was a very competitive colored team—The Lynne Stanley Giants. They did not play in a segregated league, they competed with the top (White) teams trough out the greater San Francisco bay area. They where held in high regard in the sports pages and ranked in the top division, if not at the top. Lynne Stanley was a local Oakland businessman and baseball fan. In 1916, the Giants became the Oak Leafs, and Lynne Stanley became an active member of the Oakland Baseball Citizen's Committee -- The Oakland Oaks Boosters. The committee's slogan was "Oakland must have a winner".
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Where did the Pacific Coast League teams hold their Spring Training? In 1932, the San Francisco Seals had Spring Training in Monterey, Calif. with Ty Cobb as a “Guest Coach”. Seattle Indians I enjoyed the comforts of Santa Cruz, California. Santa Cruz had just invested in a new baseball field with lights. Hollywood Stars ventured down to San Diego. Portland Beavers made San Jose, California their Spring Training home. Woodland, California had been home to the Seattle Indians but the San Francisco Missions choose to fill the void. Oakland Oaks choose Fresno, CA in the San Joaquin Valley, then heading home in March to book exhibition games with major league teams camping near or in the San Francisco bay area. Detroit was in Palo Alto, the Pirates were in Paso Robles. The Sacramento Solon’s held up in Richards Springs near Chico, CA. Los Angeles Angles stayed near home in Pasadena, close to the Major league teams like Chicago Cubs, New York Giants.
Interesting to note that Monterey, San Jose, Santa Cruz,, Fresno where three of the key cities hoping to become hosts to a Class D league. The league was to become a Pacific Coast League farm system. If it had come to fruition it would have put an end to the semi pro California State League that had teams in both San Jose and Santa Cruz. The league never developed and three spring training cities, Santa Cruz, San Jose, and Palo Alto, joined the reorganized semi pro league.
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In 1930, former Pacific Coast league Star Justin Fitzgerald, was a scout for the Seattle Indians. Justin was also manager of one of the top rated semi pro team in Northern California, the San Mateo Blues. If that wasn't enough baseball to occupy his time he also managed the University of Santa Clara baseball team. In 1930 three young stars could be found in the Seattle Indians lineup--Marv Owen, Bill Lawrence and Guido Simoni. All three were prospects from the San Francisco bay area. Marv and Guido played for Fitz at Santa Clara. Bill grew up in Fitz's home town of San Mateo, Ca. They all cut their teeth playing a few games for the Blues, proving they could run in fast company. Marv Owen enjoyed the greatest success playing with the Tigers in the major leagues.
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