Red Dirt Baseball--The Post-War Years: Small Town Professional Baseball in Oklahoma, 1946-1961 - Softcover

Peter G. Pierce

Softcover

ISBN 10: 193892326X ISBN 13: 9781938923265

Publisher: Oklahoma Heritage Association Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

Fifteen Oklahoma cities and towns fielded teams in four leagues between 1946 and 1961. Dozens of past and future Major Leaguers toiled in the bushes of the Sooner State after World War II. This volume tells the story of those leagues and the ball clubs from Ada to Shawnee along with hundreds of historical photos of towns, teams, and players.

About this title

About the Author:

PETER G. PIERCE is a fourth-generation Oklahoman. After studying Classical Languages at the University of Oklahoma and law at the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University, he practiced commercial law and litigation for sixteen years while teaching and authoring a number of published articles on law and banking. He was actively involved in community banking through 2000 and, following a sabbatical, became chairman and president of First Bethany Bancorp. He teaches a popular course for graduating seniors at the University of Oklahoma titled "Life After OU-A Survival Guide" and a junior level History of Baseball course. He is the author of the Red Dirt Baseball series about the history of minor league baseball in Oklahoma including Baseball in the Cross Timbers The Story of the Sooner State League, two volumes on Ardmore's baseball, Territorians to Boomers 1904-1926 and Indians, Cardinals and Rosebuds 1947-1961, Eight Seasons of the Herefords: Red Dirt Baseball in Ada, and Red Dirt Baseball The First Decades. A member of the Society for American Baseball Research, Pierce lives in Norman, Oklahoma and New Orleans, Louisiana.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oklahoma Heritage Association Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 193892326X
• ISBN 13: 9781938923265
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 246