From Mining Towns To Major Leagues

The Flame Delhi Chapter published this history of Arizona baseball in conjunction with the 1999 SABR National Convention in Phoenix. Local members contributed 23 research articles that cover the growth of baseball in the Grand Canyon State. To purchase your own copy, contact Rodney Johnson at FDelhiChpt@aol.com.

Articles featured in From Mining Towns to Major Leagues:

• Baseball in the Arizona Territory, 1863-1912
• Bisbee’s Warren Ballpark: America’s Oldest?
• Prince Hal and His Arizona Odyssey (Hal Chase)
• John Ford Smith: Arizona’s Black Baseball Pioneer
• A Short Season: Arizona’s First Pro Baseball League
• The Arizona State League of 1929
• The Phoenix Giants’ First Campaign
• “Murdered Horsehide” (A home run feat by the 1958 Douglas Copper Kings)
• Matt Williams’ Four-Homer Night
• Flame Delhi: Arizona’s First Big Leaguer
• Greatest Arizona-Born Baseball Players
• Jim Palmer: The Pride of Scottsdale
• A Cactus League Time Line
• Integration and the Early Years of Arizona Spring Training
• Mickey’s Arizona Spring (Mickey Mantle)
• Cactus League Wins Fight for Survival
• Gary Gentry’s Gem
• Jerry Kindall on Wildcat Baseball
• Arizona Baseball Firsts
• Desert Diamonds: The Arizona Fall League
• “You’re a Fan” (Fiction: Fans react to the arrival of Major League baseball in Phoenix)
• Through the Eyes of the Official Scorer
• “Bucking” the Odds: Showalter’s Bases-Full IBB

ASU/SABR Baseball Research Library Open to the Public

The Flame Delhi Chapter, in conjunction with Arizona State University, has established a baseball research library at ASU’s Hayden library. Materials inlcude the Flame Delhi biographical scrapbook, major league media guides, and the Sporting News on microfilm. The library is open to everyone. Contact Hayden Library at (480) 965-6164 for hours.

The “Flame” Delhi Chapter has donated considerable research material to Arizona State University including many years of The Sporting News which were not in the ASU research materials previously. The chapter is dedicated to completing The Sporting News years which are missing. Donations to complete this work are appreciated. For more information on this please contact the chapter President at president@asabr.org.