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My 66 Years in the Big Leagues
(Connie Mack),
393

My War with Baseball
(Roger Hornsby),
297

N

Nash, Ogden,
418

National Baseball Museum,
409

National Baseball Commission,
156
,
196
,
208
,
211
,
225
,
268
,
309

National League,
102
,
143
,
155
,
157
,
165
,
176
,
177
,
193
,
194
,
221
,
224
,
229
,
248
,
266
,
267
,
280
,
289
,
294
,
398

Navin Field (Detroit, MI),
203
,
211
,
222
,
226
,
235
,
240
,
259
,
288
,
295
,
297
,
303
,
325
,
326
–27,
333
,
342
,
347
–48,
352
,
363
,
372

Navin, Frank J.,
21
,
122
,
141
,
158
,
170
,
197
,
199
,
208
,
223
,
256
,
320
,
335
,
350
,
352
,
381
,
382
,
384

and “Black Hand” letters,
171
,
210

and Cobb,
76
–7,
97
,
99
,
106
–07,
112
,
116
,
118
,
121
,
133
,
150
,
155
,
156
,
186
,
188
,
189
,
221
,
224
,
227
,
231
,
241
,
243
,
270
,
280
,
298
,
302
,
303
,
306
,
317
,
319
,
321
,
332
,
354
,
359
,
366
,
369
–70

as co-owner of Tigers,
403

covering for Cobb,
129
,
172
,
181
,
226

creating Navin Field,
162
,
203

faking turnstyle count,
16
,
323

gambling of,
106
,
149
,
353

hires “Sheriff” Crowe,
318

and Jennings,
300
,
308
,
319

managing the Tigers,
115
,
117
,
126
,
139
,
162
,
210
,
232
,
238
,
240
,
250
,
279
,
293
,
299
,
300
,
307
,
340
,
341
,
353
,
358

and Bill Yawkey,
281

Neun, Johnny,
353

New York Baseball Writers Association,
415

New York Giants,
23
,
85
,
165
,
183
,
196
,
200
,
256
,
257
,
280
,
309
,
314
,
325
,
326
,
330
,
349
,
375
,
384
,
395

New York Mets,
263
–64

New York Yankees (also known as Highlanders),
16
,
73
,
105
,
126
,
131
,
142
,
171
,
205
–06,
215
,
221
,
230
,
231
,
247
,
263
,
272
,
278
,
289
,
293
,
295
,
305
,
309
,
311
,
329
,
330
,
332
,
338
,
340
,
341
,
343
,
354
,
355
,
356
,
357
,
359
,
361
,
370
,
371
,
388
,
391
,
392
,
396
,
399
,
403

Night baseball,
284

Nightingale, Florence,
21

Nill, Rabbit,
147

1919 World Series,
186
,
235
,
299
,
313
,
317
,
318
.
See also
“Black Sox” affair

Northen, Hub,
196

Norworth, John, (composer),
217

O

O'Connell, Jimmy,
317

O'Connor, Jack (“Peach Pie”),
195
,
196
,
197
,
199

O'Doul, Frank (“Lefty”),
53
,
86
,
192
,
299
,
342
,
395
–96,
410
,
412

O'Leary, Charlie,
104
,
112
,
145

O'Loughlin, Silk,
108
,
146
,
154
,
206
,
207

O'Neill, Tip,
233

Oakes, Rebel,
241

Oldfield, Barney (“Fastest Man Alive”),
131
,
199

Oldham, Red,
329

Oldring, Rube,
142

Olds, Ransom E.,
242

Olympic Games,
40
,
167
,
316
,
415

One Touch of Nature
,
255

Oriental Park and Jockey Club,
317

Ormsby, Emmett (“Red”),
391

Overall, Orvie,
157
,
166

“Over There,”
270

Owens, Brick,
228

P

Pacific Coast League,
99
,
250
,
283
,
300
,
305
,
335
,
364
,
403
,
410

Pacific Coast Winter League (PCWL),
299
,
300

Packard, James W.,
102
,
242

Paderewski, Ignace (pianist),
251

Paige, Satchel,
72

Parish, E. V.,
196

Patton, George (U.S. general),
39

Paulette, Eugene,
317

Payne, Freddie,
119

Pearson, Albie,
420

Pegler, Westbrook,
175
,
389

Pemberton, John S.,
284

Pennock, Herb,
267
,
294
,
352

Pepper, George Wharton (U.S. senator),
386

Perkins, Cy,
272

Perrine, Bull,
209

Perry, Scott,
272

Pershing, John J. (U.S. general),
257

Pezzolo (or Pezzullo), Francesco Stephano.
See
Bodie, Ping

Pfeffer, Fred,
50

Pfeffer, Jefferson,
345

Pfiester, Jack
157

Pfirman, Charles (Cy),
290

Phelon, Bill,
157
,
344

Philadelphia Athletics,
104
,
105
,
124
,
141
,
153
,
154
,
168
,
169
,
171
,
173
,
175
,
176
,
189
,
190
,
192
,
209
,
210
,
236
,
249
,
307
,
326
,
349
,
385
,
387
,
388
,
391
,
392
,
396

Picinich, Val,
345

Pillette, Herman,
335
,
342

Pinelli, Babe,
307

Pipp, Wally,
267
,
289
,
293
,
307
,
338
,
352

Pitching in a Pinch
(Christy Mathewson),
244

Pittsburgh Pirates (“Bucs”),
172
,
177
,
178
,
180
,
365

Plank, Eddie,
23
,
153
,
156
,
173
,
175
,
229

Polo Grounds (New York, NY),
84
,
294
,
310
,
312
,
329
,
343

Powell, Jack,
109

Pratt, Del,
350

Providence Grays,
247

Q

Quinn, John Picus,
387

R

Rath, Maury,
315

Raymond, Bugs,
217

Redlands Park (Cincinnati, OH),
402

Reese, Jimmie (Jimmy),
296
,
358

Reeves, Alex,
199

Reserve clause, baseball,
220
,
221
,
253
,
280
,
364
,
413

Reulbach, Ed (“Big Ed”),
157
,
165

Reuther, Dutch,
364

Rhoades, Bob (“Dusty”),
130

Rice, Grantland,
19
,
46
,
55
–6,
57
,
62
,
67
,
159
,
215
–16,
222
,
230
,
255
,
258
,
305
,
311
,
312
,
339
,
344
,
412
,
418

Rice, Sam,
267

Rickenbacker, Eddie (World War I air ace),
354

Rickey, Branch,
227
,
271
,
276

Ridgewell, George,
255

Rigney, Topper,
341

Risberg, Swede,
313
,
375
.
See also
“Black Sox” affair

Rizzuto, Phil,
414

Robertson, Charley,
341

Robinson, Jackie,
72

Rockne, Knute,
418

Rogers, Will,
217
,
384
,
418

Rommel, Eddie,
387

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (U. S. president),
284

Roosevelt, Theodore (U. S. president),
418

Rosburg, Bob (golf pro),
407

Ross, Lillian,
139

Rossman, Claude,
140
,
154

Roth, Andy,
68
,
69
,
72
,
73
,
75
,
76
,
77
,
79
,
80
,
81
,
82
,
83
,
84
,
88

Rothstein, Arnold,
258
,
313
,
314
,
316
.
See also
“Black Sox” affair

Roush, Edd,
259
,
280

Rowland, Clarence (“Pants”),
274
,
319
,
320
,
363

Royston Reds (“Nosebleed Reds”),
42
,
45
,
46
,
47
,
48
,
49
,
50
,
52
,
66
,
71
,
119
,
181

Royston Rompers,
42
,
44
,
45

Rucker, George Napoleon (“Nap”),
62
,
80
–1,
420

Ruel, Muddy,
62
,
281
–82,
335
,
364
,
413

Runyon, Damon,
277
,
321
,
344
,
355
,
418

Ruppert, Jacob,
278
,
338

Ruth, George Herman (“Babe”),
24
,
27
,
96
,
114
,
192
,
215
,
260
,
281
,
283
,
292
,
297
,
307
,
309
,
332
,
337
,
339
,
342
,
344
,
349
,
362
,
394
,
397
–98,
399
,
400

All-Stars of,
338

and Boston Red Sox,
247
,
269
,
287

and cancer,
26

and Cobb,
28
,
142
,
288
,
296
,
312
,
329
–30,
350
,
356
–57,
358
,
359
,
383

death of,
412
,
420

fined,
290

and golf,
407
–08

in Hall of Fame,
177
,
409

and home runs,
288
,
289
,
293
,
294
,
295
,
299
,
309
,
318
,
329
,
352
,
355
,
398

illness of,
365

marriage of,
159

and New York Yankees,
230
,
288
,
291
,
318
–19,
361
,
385
,
389
,
391
,
392

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