Mobile Sea Gulls
- Location: Mobile, AL
- League: Cotton States League 1905-1907; Southern Association 1908-1917
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The Mobile Sea Gulls played the fastest game in organized baseball history - at the time - on September 17, 1910, beating the Atlanta Crackers, 2-1, in 32 minutes at Ponce de Leon Park in Atlanta, GA; that record was eclipsed by a North Carolina State League game played in Asheville, NC in 1916.
Year-by-Year Record[edit]
Year | Record | Finish | Manager | Playoffs |
---|---|---|---|---|
1905 | 6-26 (24-53 overall) | 8th | George "King" Kelley / George Reed | League disbanded July 31 |
1906 | 74-44 | 1st | George Reed / Joe "Red" Wright / Charles Miller | none League Champs |
1907 | 82-52 | 1st | Bernie McCay | none League Champs |
1908 | 67-67 | 5th | Tom Fisher | none |
1909 | 64-77 | 5th | George Reed | none |
1910 | 63-75 | 6th | George Reed | none |
1911 | 57-76 | 7th | James Holmes / George Rohe / Harry Swacina | none |
1912 | 79-58 | 2nd | Michael J. Finn | none |
1913 | 81-57 | 2nd | Michael J. Finn | none |
1914 | 86-67 | 2nd | Bris Lord | none |
1915 | 68-86 | 7th | Charles Schmidt | none |
1916 | 45-91 | 8th | Charles Schmidt (39-57) / Matty McIntyre (6-34) | none |
1917 | 34-117 | 8th | Matty McIntyre (9-26) / Frank "Pop" Kitchens (25-91) |
Further Reading[edit]
- Wynn Montgomery: "That Was Quick !", in Ken Fenster and Wynn Montgomery, eds: Baseball in the Peach State, The National Pastime, SABR, Volume 40 (2010), pp. 59-61.
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