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Little Rock Rosebuds (1895)

The Little Rock Rosebuds were a professional baseball club in the 1895 Southern Association.

Nickname
It's not clear whether Little Rock had an official nickname in 1895, but if so, it was likely the "Rosebuds". Traditionally, the team's nickname has been recorded as the Little Rock "Travelers", a nickname of a future Little Rock baseball franchise. However, the Arkansas Gazette, a newspaper that reported on the club routinely in 1895, never referred to Little Rock in 1895 as the Travelers, instead calling the team the "Rosebuds". The nickname likely originated from the city of Little Rock's motto, "The City of Roses."

History
The team played at West End Park.

Little Rock dropped out of the league in midseason with a losing record.

Record
Year League Wins Losses % Manager President Ballpark
1895 Southern 25 47 .347 Frank Thyne / Richard Gorman Williams Kavanaugh / H.C. Bateman West End Park


Schedule/Results

Exhibitions:

DateLocationOpponent Result
West End Park Cleveland SpidersL, 0-3
3/21/1895West End Park Cleveland SpidersL, 2-6
3/22/1895West End Park Cleveland SpidersL, 0-15
3/23/1895West End Park Cleveland SpidersL, 6-7
3/23/1895West End Park Cleveland SpidersT, 6-6


Date Location Opponent W-L R RA Record
4/26 Little Rock Memphis W 6 5 1-0
4/27 Little Rock Memphis L 6 8 1-1
4/29 @Memphis Memphis L 9 22 1-2
4/30 @Memphis Memphis W 5 4 2-2
5/1 @Memphis Memphis L 2 7 2-3
5/3 @Montgomery Montgomery W 7 4 3-3
5/4 @Montgomery Montgomery L 7 12 3-4
5/6 @Montgomery Montgomery W 14 5 4-4
5/8 @New Orleans New Orleans W 4 3 5-4
5/9 @New Orleans New Orleans L 5 8 5-5
5/11 Little Rock New Orleans W 9 1 6-5


Players
Name Birth Death Notes
Shorty Berthold
Buttons Briggs 7/8/1875 in Poughkeepsie, NY
Jack Corcoran 5/15/1958 in Lowell, MA
Thomas Joseph "Pike" Crinnion 3/6/18681 in St. Louis, MO2 7/19/1943 in St. Louis, MO2
Edward J. Cull Lowell, MA 4/11/19093
George Dolan Lowell, MA4 9/29/18994
Jack Fifield 10/5/1871 in Enfield, NH
Gates Appears he filled in for Little Rock at 1st after Wiley was injured and before Knoll was signed. Maybe from Evansville.
Richard Leslie Gorman 7/6/1866 in Foxboro, MA5
Michael Hobright From the Steubenville, OH / Wheeling, WV area.
Julius Knoll 9/10/1875 in Evansville, IN
Alex McFarlan 10/11/1869 in St. Louis, MO
Moran
Charles Morse Auburn, ME
John J. Nichols/Nicholas6
George Nie
Biff Sheehan 2/13/1868 in Hartford, CT
Sulze
Earl A. M. Sumner 1/22/19827 in Boston, MA8 7/8/19187
John B. Wiley9 12/10/187210 or 12/15/1872 in Cambridge, Mass11 5/10/1938 in Laconia, NH12 Also a well-known professional roller polo players


Stats
Compiled from the 1896 Victor Baseball Guide:
Player G AB R H Avg. SH SB Note
Sheehan 59 242 54 82 .338 6 1 Also with New Orleans
Wiley 52 214 42 71 .331 2 15
Nie 46 173 30 55 .317 2 10
Summer 26 105 14 33 .314 1 21
Gorman 66 290 51 90 .310 8 8 Also with Nashville
Cull 46 184 36 55 .298 7 7
Sulze 28 104 10 31 .298 3 4
Hobright 56 232 33 66 .284 6 22
Corcoran 25 101 17 28 .277 3 5
Dolan 56 236 33 60 .254 4 7
Knoll 49 198 38 48 .242 3 10
Fifield 43 156 17 37 .237 3 3
Briggs 31 94 14 22 .234 0 2
Morse 20 78 7 18 .230 2 0
Crinnion 13 44 3 10 .227 2 1
McFarland 32 127 10 24 .187 3 6 Also with Memphis


Player G W R ER BF H Avg. BB WP HBP K Notes
Morse 7 8 118 38 611 178 .291 63 7 5 53 G should probably be 17
Briggs 21 8 176 64 711 215 .302 101 19 15 90
McFarland 31 22 195 90 1060 328 .309 87 4 13 74 Also with Memphis
Fifield 22 7 164 81 686 238 .346 74 12 11 62

2. The Sporting News, 7/29/1943
4. Sporting Life, 10/14/1899
5. Massachusetts Birth Records, Ancestry.com
10. Wiley's 1938 New Hampshire Death and Disinterment Record at Ancestry.com
11. Massachusetts Birth Records on Ancestry.com
12. Fitchburg Sentinel, 11/5/1938