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Baseball of the 1950s

Baseball of the 1950s. By: Jordan Cosgrove, Shelbie Curtis, and Jon Killoy. Baseball: Where It Came From. Based on and English game called Rounders “ Townball ”, “Base”, Baseball Small towns formed teams Clubs formed in cities Cartwright made list of rules First game in 1846

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Baseball of the 1950s

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  1. Baseball of the 1950s By: Jordan Cosgrove, Shelbie Curtis, and Jon Killoy

  2. Baseball: Where It Came From • Based on and English game called Rounders • “Townball”, “Base”, Baseball • Small towns formed teams • Clubs formed in cities • Cartwright made list of rules • First game in 1846 • Nation Association of Base Ball Players formed in 1858 Alexander Cartwright

  3. Lets Play Ball! • Decade full or enormous social and cultural changes; baseball reflected and illustrated these changes • Major league in Northeast and Midwest • The games decade involved the most fundamental, startling and dynamic change of any in history

  4. Race in Baseball • Majority of racially inspiring events took place in the 1950s • 1949 only 3 teams had players of color • 1950 only nine players of color • 1960 total of 52 players of color Jackie Robinson

  5. Where Things Were Located! • Entering 1950s no major league franchise had moved • Before decade was over over a third of franchise had moved over the country • MLB went nationwide for the first time

  6. Technology in Baseball • Air Jet transportation • Installation of lights in fields • Team travel went from trains to jets • Traveling to parks by cars • Games were now seen at home on televisions

  7. League Structure • 58 minor leagues • Many semi-pro teams • Watching games on television • Fans were in love with home runs

  8. The Game Stats • Stolen base rates remained low • Style of league changes • Home runs increased • Triples declined • Walks declined • Strikeouts increased

  9. Decades NL MVPs • Jim Konstanty – 1950 • Roy Campanella – 1951 • Hank Sauer – 1952 • Roy Campanella - 1953 • Willie Mays - 1954 • Roy Campanella - 1955 • Don Newcombe - 1956 • Hank Aaron - 1957 • Ernie Banks - 1958 • Ernie Banks - 1959 Roy Campanella

  10. Decades AL MVPs • Phil Rizzuto - 1950 • Yogi Berra - 1951 • Bobby Shantz - 1952 • Al Rosen - 1953 • Yogi Berra - 1954 • Yogi Berra - 1955 • Mickey Mantle - 1956 • Mickey Mantle - 1957 • Jackie Jensen - 1958 • Nellie Fox - 1959 Yogi Berra

  11. Interesting Things of the Decade 1950 -Connie Mack retires -First “Opening Night” -TV provides $2.3million 1951 -Bob Feller -Bob Nieman -Cleveland: three 20 game wins 1952 -Pirates loose 112 games -Fred Hutchinson is team manager -Joe Black

  12. Interesting Things of the Decade 1953 -Vic Janowicz 1954 -no longer allowed to leave gloves on field -sacrifice fly rule -18 player swap 1955 -first African American player for Yankees 1956 -Reds vs Milwaukee Elston Howard

  13. Interesting Things of the Decade 1957 -Giants and Dodgers final game 1958 -Giants and Dodgers move -Roy Campanella paralyzed Gold Glove selection -Reds make 100 errors 1959 -Two all star games -Ex player becomes AL president Roy Campanella

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