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Southern League (1885–1898)
Southern Association (1901–1961)

Nicknames

Ironmakers (1887)
Maroons (1888)
Grays (1892)
Buebirds (1896)
Coal Barons (1902)
Barons (1903–1960)

Where They Played

Slag Pile/West End Park (1887–1909)
Rickwood Field (1910–1961)

Pennant-Winning Teams

Year  Won  Lost  Pct  Manager 
1888 32 19 0.627 Walton Goldsby
1892 73 50 0.593 Sam Mills – Jim Manning
1906 86 46 0.652 Harry Vaughn
1912 85 51 0.625 Carlton Molesworth
1914 88 63 0.583 Carleton Molesworth
1928 99 54 0.647 Johnny Dobbs
1929 93 60 0.608 Johnny Dobbs
1931 97 55 0.638 Clyde Milan
1958 91 62 0.595 Cal Ermer
1959 92 61 0.601 Lamar Newsome

Where They Finished

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
8
8
10
7
13.3% of the time in 1st place
13.3% of the time in 2nd place
16.7% of the time in 3rd place
11.7% of the time in 4th place
    55.0% in the top half 
5th
6th
7th
8th
7
9
8
3
11.7% of the time in 5th place
15.0% of the time in 6th place
13.3% of the time in 7th place
5.0% of the time in 8th place
    45.0% in the bottom half 

          1957    
1959   1954     1947    
1958   1948     1945    
1931 1961 1942 1960 1944 1943 1946  
1929 1955 1936 1956 1941 1940 1939  
1928 1951 1930 1953 1932 1938 1935  
1914 1950 1926 1933 1923 1937 1934 1952
1912 1949 1921 1920 1922 1909 1925 1908
1906 1927 1917 1918 1907 1903 1924 1902
1892 1915 1916 1904 1905 1896 1919 1893
1888 1910 1911 1889 1898 1887 1901 1885
1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th 


Notable Managers


Name  Years  Won  Lost  Pct  Pennants 
Harry Vaughn 1905–1907 220 178 .553 1
Carleton Molesworth 1909–1921 971 815 .544 2
Johnny Dobbs 1925–1929 437 323 .575 2
Clyde Milan 1930–1934 390 371 .512 1


Notable Players

19th Century

None   

1900 – 1909

Harvey Clark
Tom Downey
Jim Duffy
Noan Henline
Jim Johnston
Herman "Buttermilk" Meek
Charles Messenger
Carlton Molesworth
William McGilvray
Irvin Wilhelm

1910 – 1919

Charles Brown
Carmen Hill
Jim Johnston
Pete Knisley
Art "Lil" Marcan
Bob Messenger
Art Phelan
Bill Prough
Yale Sloan

1920 – 1929


Albert "Dutch" Bernsen
Elliott "Babe" Bigelow
Bob Hasty
Jim Johnston
John Morrison
Max Rosenfeld
Ernest "Mule" Shirley
Stuffy Stewart
Guy Sturdy
Art Weis
Ed Wells
Everett "Yam" Yaryan

1930 – 1939


Hugh Casey
Bob Hasty
Clay Touchstone
 

1940 – 1949


Charles Barrett
Howard Fox
Thomas Neill
Tommy O'Brien
Richard Palm
Jim Suchecki
Fred Tauby

1950 – 1960


Milt Graff
Joe Grzenda
William Harrison
Bobo Newsom
Ron Nischwitz
Karl Olsen
Herb Plews
Dick Tettlebach


Photo Gallery/Memorabilia

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Links

Friends of Rickwood

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David Brewer
Wes Brown
Ben Cook
Joe DeLeonard
Johnie Grace
Steve Martin
Bill Plott
Lamar Smith
Clarence Watkins