Early Baseball (1901–1930)
The name of the agreement that tied players to their teams for life.
What is the reserve clause?
This position is responsible for calling pitches and catching the ball.
The most common price range for baseball tickets in the early 1900s.
The primary way fans folowed baseball from the 1920s through the 1940s.
What is radio?
The national value, symbolized by baseball, that anyone in the United States can achieve success, prosperity, and upward social mobility through hard work, determination, and initiative.
What is the American Dream?
The two leagues that shaped a rivalry that defined early modern baseball.
What are the National and American Leagues?
One of the first black stars to play in the majors, and arguably the best, he hit 660 home runs during his 23-year career, mostly with the Giants. He was known as the "Say Hey Kid" and made one of the greatest catches in baseball history during the 1954 World Series.
Who was Willie Mays?
A promotional event used to attract more fans, especially women.
What is Ladies Day?
The medium that brought the visuals of baseball into most fans' homes in the 1950s.
What is television?
A prized possession of many boys who grew up during the 1950s.
What is a baseball glove?
He was the first commissioner of baseball, brought in after the Black Sox Scandal.
Who was Kennesaw Mountain Landis?
This player was known as “The Iron Horse” for his durability.
Who was Lou Gehrig?
Owners used this rule to keep players from negotiating with other teams.
What is the Reserve Clause?
These were two of the most famous radio voices of baseball in the 1930s and 40s.
Who were Red Barber and Mel Allen?
A way baseball provided comfort during the Great Depression and WWII.
What is escape, hope, or stability?
This scandal nearly destroyed baseball's credibility.
What is the Black Sox Scandal?
Baseball's best pitcher in the 1930s and 40s. He volunteered for the U.S. Navy and served four years aboard an aircraft carrier during World War II.
Who was Bob Feller?
This post-WWII societal trend caused attendance to rise dramatically.
What is economic prosperity or more lesisure time?
A statistical summary of a baseball game that was developed by basebal writer Henry Chadwick and is still used today.
What is a box score?
A way that Little League or local youth teams shaped community identity in the 1950s.
What are pride, belonging, or shared routines?
This era, which began in 1920, ushered in increased offensive play and home runs, and swung the balance of power from pitchers to hitters..
What is the "Live Ball Era?"
The position that throws to the batter from a mound that is 60 feet, 6 inches from home.
What is the pitcher?
The lack of this, thanks to the Reserve Clause, until the 1970s kept player salaries low.
What is free agency?
This was a negative effect of televised baseball in the 1950s.
What is reduced in-person attendance?
A value that baseball reflected about who Americans believed themselves to be.
Perseverance, fairness, teamwork, or optimism.