Halloween

Halloween is a holiday that falls on October 31st each year, and is associated with ghouls, goblins, ghosts, and other supernatural creatures. Halloween is not usually associated with baseball, because it is usually after baseball has ended. However, occasionally World Series games have been played on Halloween. See Major League Baseball Games Played on Halloween.

Some major leaguers have had names that could be connected with Halloween, and as a result one fan constructed an "All Halloween" team with names such as Vern Fear, Everett Booe, Nick Goulish, Alvin Dark, Ricky Bones and Doug Strange. In terms of nicknames, Jo-Jo Moore was "The Gause Ghost" while Jerry Adair was "Casper the Friendly Ghost". The team in Casper, WY is called the Casper Ghosts.

There has never been a major leaguer named Halloween, but there have been several minor leaguers named Hallow or Hallowell.

Kids sometimes wear baseball costumes on Halloween, and sexy baseball costumes are also available for women.

In years long past, major leaguers would often go on barnstorming tours to warmer climates, and so exhibition games may have sometimes been played on Halloween. Games might also have been played in Caribbean locales, although there Halloween probably was not celebrated. Minor league games have also occurred on Halloween:

"The tenth annual championship race of the Pacific Coast League which began on March 30 ended on October 31, 1909, making this the longest continuous race in the 'organized ball' family of leagues." - Sporting Life, November 13, 1909

A variety of baseball events have happened on Halloween, including the births and deaths of many ball players. Those events may be found at October 31.

"The Jackson team has a pitcher named Ghouls." - Sporting Life, June 11, 1910