Early Professional Baseball in Hampton Roads

Peter C. Stewart is a semi-retired associate professor of history (emeritus) at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.

Table of Contents



Acknowledgments     

Preface     



1. Early Sports in Hampton Roads     

2. Professional Baseball Comes to the City by the Sea     

3. The Virginia League, 1894–1896     

4. Agony in the Atlantic League, 1897–1898     

5. Hampton Roads at the Turn of the Century, 1900–1901     

6. The Era of the Dead Ball, 1906–1910     

7. “The Tide of Victory Ebbs and Flows,” 1911 –1914     

8. Mary Jane at Low Tide, 1915–1918     

9. Stormy Seas, 1919–1923     

10. Final Voyages, 1924–1928     



Epilogue     

Appendix: Leagues and Standings     

Chapter Notes     

Bibliography     

Index