The Little Rock Giants were a minor league baseball team based in Little Rock, AR in 1887. The team competed in the Southwestern League.
History
Record
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History

Russell Steinhoff
Record
Year | League | Wins | Loss | % | Manager | Ballpark |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1887 | Southwestern | .000 | H.S. Alberts | Association Park |
Players
Player | Birth | Death | Notes |
Bequette | |||
Daniel Bettis1 | Played with Pine Bluff first. Maybe from St. Louis2 . | ||
E.S. "Steve" Conway | |||
Hunter Counts3 | 12/31/1859 in AR | 5/5/1945 in Shoreacres, TX | Little Rock Resident. |
Hugh R. Craig4 | 1866 in GA | 9/29/1902 in Atlanta, GA5 | From Atlanta |
Dismukes | |||
Charles G. Fisher6 | With St. Joseph in 18867 . Some connection to Newport, AR8 . | ||
John E. Hennessey | Maybe from St. Louis9 . | ||
Bob Hogan10 | |||
Kennedy | |||
Key11 | |||
W.S. Leighton | Birmingham in 1885 and Macon in 1886 | ||
Henry12 "Shorty" Lloyd | |||
John Rademacher13 | |||
Russell Steinhoff | |||
Dick Stickney | Abt. 1865 in NY14 | From Montgomery, AL. Brother of Bill and Lindsey "Lincoln" Stickney | |
Bill H. Stickney | Abt. 1860 in Alabama | 12/16/1932 in Atlanta, GA15 | From Montgomery, AL. Brother of Dick and Lindsey "Lincoln" Stickney16 |
John Quincy Adams Struck17 | Abt. 1865 in KY18 | From Louisville | |
John Thomas Terrell19 | 6/29/1867 in Louisville, KY | 7/9/1893 in Louisville, KY | |
Thorpe20 | Played with Pine Bluff first. Maybe from St. Louis21 . | ||
Ed Tracy | From New Haven, CT |
1
Arkansas Gazette, 7/15/1887 (GB)
2
The Sporting News, 8/13/1887, p.1
3
Arkansas Gazette, 5/20/1887 (GB)
5
Atlanta Constitution, 9/30/1902, p.6
6
Sporting Life, 3/10/1886, p.3
7
Arkansas Gazette, 5/13/1887, p.2
8
The Sporting News, 8/13/1887, p.1
9
The Sporting News, 8/13/1887, p.1
10
The Sporting News, 8/13/1887, p.1
11
Arkansas Gazette, 5/24/1887 (GB)
12
The Sporting News, 8/27/1887, p.1
13
Fort Worth Daily Gazette, 4/8/1888, P.5
14
1870 and 1880 U.S. Census
15
Times-Picayune, 12/18/1932
17
The Rise of Milwaukee Baseball, by Dennis Pajot
18
1880 U.S. Census
19
Arkansas Gazette, 7/10/1887
20
Arkansas Gazette, 7/15/1887 (GB)
21
The Sporting News, 8/13/1887, p.1
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