Arkansas Baseball

Thanks Chris. FYI, I found another Negro leaguer with Arkadelphia ties. I don't have much on him yet, but check out Clemon Rooney: arkbaseball.com/tiki-index.p…

Thanks for your interest! Arkansas baseball history is pretty niche, but I'm glad a handful of people enjoy it.

Excellent selections. Much more diverse than other such all-Arkansas teams I've seen. Maybe Goose Tatum at first though?

Also, the Negro Leagues announcement from @MLB means that some 50+ Negro Leaguers from Arkansas will now become "major leaguers." The exact list of which players will qualify is a bit confusing, but here's list of all known Negro leaguers from Arkansas: arkbaseball.com/tiki-index.p…

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The Grays lasted less than two months into the season before withdrawing from the NSL, posting about a 9-12 win-loss record. More info: arkbaseball.com/tiki-index.p…

With @MLB now recognizing certain Negro Leagues as "major leagues," it appears that Arkansas will now, for the first time, be officially represented in big league team history: the obscure and short-lived 1932 Little Rock Grays of the Negro Southern League.

This game, from October 29th, 1951, is one of hundreds logged in our database of Negro League exhibition games in Arkansas. Check it out: arkbaseball.com/tiki-index.p…

On an eerie night in Little Rock sixty-eight years ago today, the Roy Campanella All-Stars played a "fogged-up" exhibition game in front of 3,500 at Travelers Field, featuring a triple-play by 20-year old Willie Mays in center field. Read the wacky reports of the game below.

New post on Yakker: A short vignette I wrote to try and capture what spring training may have been like at Whittington Park in Hot Springs in 1913: baseballyakker.com/2019/07/2…