BaseballChronology Features

By Patrick Mondout

Wondering what's possible here at BaseballChronology? Here's a feature list of just some of the highlights (new features are being introduced all the time).

• Want to relive the first game your father took you too? We have Retrosheet boxscores for virtually every game played after 1960! (We also have and play-by-play for most games from this era. The infamous Doc Ellis on LSD no hitter, for example.)
• Want to know what ballplayers are celebrating a birthday or share your birthday?
• Wonder what the area that used be the Huntington Avenue Grounds (replaced by Fenway) now looks like? Fly there with Google Earth via our specially researched links. We are the first site to offer such a feature.
• Does the American League of 1900 deserved "major" status? What about the 1884 Union Association? Will 1884 attendance figures help?
• Have you forgot how Vin Scully got his start broadcasting the Dodgers? Check his broadcaster page (we have many).
• Want to know who was broadcasting games in 1947? How about a list of current broadcasters?
• Need information on Federal League stadiums or the Baltimore Terrapins? (We will duplicate our efforts for the other defunct leagues too.)
• Want information on the first baseball game played by published rules? Wondering what became of the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings? Or the Brooklyn Atlantics, who started in 1855 and continued on into the first major league.
• Need to know how many Hall votes Andre Dawson received in 2002 & 2003?
• Interested in the all time minor league single season home run champion or who the first 30/30 player was?
• Curious about the 1978 Topps baseball card set? We have coverage of baseball cards from 1970-1989 plus some articles that cover the history of the hobby.
• Want to read the history of the oldest major league team?
• Need a history of the Silver Slugger awards or a complete list of Gold Glove recipients?
• Do you wonder how well John Roseboro hit Juan Marichal? (There are tens of thousands of batter/pitcher matchups).
• How about a list of all no hitters and perfect games?
• See the "Who Am I" or "Quotable" box on the left? We will build this site to have thousands of interesting quotes and bits of trivia mixed in via boxes like these.
• Want to know what the average salary was in 1933 or 1993? Need to know the individual salaries for the 1986 Atlanta Braves? How about the Yankees payroll for 2006?
• Wonder what it cost to take a family of four to a Red Sox game in 1991? Wonder what the Red Sox were worth that year or how much of a profit (or loss) they had?
• Curious who the all-time leaders in GWRBIs are? How about the yearly GWRBI leaders?
• Wonder what the minor league affiliates for the 1953 St. Louis Cardinals were? How about the spring training site for the 1896 Pittsburgh Pirates? (Yes, our list of spring training sites go back well into the 19th century; they are the most compressive offering ever in any medium!)
• Want to read some quality reviews of recent baseball books? How about a list of Seymour Medal-winning baseball books?
• Put your mouse over this text. Notice the the tip that appears next to your mouse? We have implemented such tips all over this site. For example, here is an excerpt from one of our stats pages:
  2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP

  You know what HRs & RBIs are, but did you know what XI was for? Put your mouse over it to find out.

Vincent Van Go! We have several thousand photos in the "archives", which should help to bring the site to life over time. I hope you enjoy them as much I do.

And this is only the beginning of BaseballChronology.

If you have any comments or suggestions, or if you want to contribute an article, please Contact me or leave a message in our baseball forums (registration required). I can make this site much more than it is today, just tell me what you'd like to see here!