[Clark Griffith, Cincinnati, NL, at Hilltop Park, New York City (baseball)] (LOC)
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[Clark Griffith, Cincinnati, NL, at Hilltop Park, New York City (baseball)]
[1909]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Original data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or
caption cards: Clark Griffiths (Cinn. N).
Corrected title and date based on research by the Pictorial History
Committee, Society for American Baseball Research, 2006, and the
source: Flickr Commons project, 2008.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Subjects:
Baseball
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.09241
Call Number: LC-B2- 2202-10
Comments and faves
DaShlom (58 months ago | reply)
This was taken during Clark's 1st season with the Cincinnati Reds. Note the last name etched is incorrect: Griffith is the correct name.
TommyTriple (58 months ago | reply)
Clark Griffith won 20 or more games seven times and collected 237 wins while posting a 3.31 career earned average from 1891 through 1914. Clark only averaged 2.5 strikeouts per game but brilliantly changed speeds and had a great sinkerball. He was nicknamed "The Old Fox "
rockcreek (54 months ago | reply)
Looks to have been taken at Hilltop Park in NYC:
flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2516566 208/
The Library of Congress (54 months ago | reply)
Thanks! We'll add the location to the source data and reload the description.
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markmannino (42 months ago | reply)
It is Hilltop Park, but Hilltop Park was home of the Highlanders (Yanks-AL). Cinci never played the Highlanders while Griffith was with them. Not sure if the Giants had to play a few games at Hilltop. Any ideas why he'd be there?
markmannino (42 months ago | reply)
ahh, a little search would have solved that. The Giants played at Hilltop for 2 months after Polo Grounds burned down in 1911. Griffith was with the Reds that year which would date this picture to 1911, not 1909. Which is also stated here
www.flickr.com/photos/32912172@N00/2961342304 /
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