1917 Atlanta Crackers Season

1917 Atlanta Crackers
1917 Atlanta Crackers
League	Southern Association
Ballpark	Ponce de Leon Park
City	Atlanta, Georgia
Record	98–56
League place	1st
Managers	Charlie Frank

The 1917 Atlanta Crackers season represented the Atlanta Crackers baseball team in the Southern Association and won the league pennant. The team played its games at Ponce de Leon Park, and was managed by Charlie Frank.^[1]^[2] Roy Moran led the league in hits, and Jake Munch was second. When Moran's house burned down, fans staged a day in his honor.^[3] Pitcher Rube Bressler went 25–15.^[4]

References

^ "Ted Jones' Ponce de Leon Stadium - Atlanta Georgia - Former Home of the Atlanta Crackers / Black Crackers".
^ Riess, Steven A. (1999). Touching Base: Professional Baseball and American Culture in the Progressive Era. ISBN 9780252067754.
^ Cava, Pete (22 September 2015). Indiana-Born Major League Baseball Players: A Biographical Dictionary, 1871-2014. ISBN 9780786499014.
^ "1917 Southern League (SL) minor league baseball Leaders on StatsCrew.com".

[1] "Ted Jones' Ponce de Leon Stadium - Atlanta Georgia - Former Home of the Atlanta Crackers / Black Crackers".

[2] Riess, Steven A. (1999). Touching Base: Professional Baseball and American Culture in the Progressive Era. ISBN 9780252067754.

[3] Cava, Pete (22 September 2015). Indiana-Born Major League Baseball Players: A Biographical Dictionary, 1871-2014. ISBN 9780786499014.

[4] "1917 Southern League (SL) minor league baseball Leaders on StatsCrew.com".

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Based in Atlanta, Georgia
Ballpark	Ponce de Leon Park Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
Seasons	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
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