Quincy Trouppe
Day 29 – May 28
Week 8 of the Buck O’Neil Project begins today.Kansas City beat Birmingham, 5-2. Johnny Mize delivered a big blow with a 3-run triple in the third inning. Quincy Trouppe had 2 hits, and Ghost Marcelle scored a run and drove one in. Josh Gibson went hitless but drove in a […]
Willard Brown
Willard “Home Run” Brown was a premiere free-swinging power hitter in the 1940s, leading the Kansas City Monarchs to 6 pennants in 10 seasons from 1937-1946. His Monarchs won the World Series in 1942. “Brown is one who challenged the feats of Josh Gibson. He was like Gibson in some […]
Day 22 – May 15
Newark beat Kansas City 8-2, thanks to an outburst of 7 runs in the first 2 innings. Big Bill Foster picked up his 4th win with a complete game. Dave Winfield led the way with 3 hits and 5 RBI. Ty Cobb had 3 hits and Bill Perkins added 2 […]
April 25 – Day 11
In game 3 of the 4-game sets, the road team B lineup was matched up with the home team A lineup. No extra inning games, but all 4 games were exciting.Washington beat Birmingham 4-3 thanks to a 2-run home run in the 7th inning from Grant “Home Run” Johnson. The […]
Quincy Trouppe
Quincy Trouppe was a catcher who began his career with the pennant-winning St. Louis Stars in 1931, and finally played briefly in the Major Leagues at the end of his career in 1952 with the Cleveland Indians. He also spent time with the Homestead Grays, Kansas City Monarchs, Chicago American […]