Books and articles about Harry Stovey

RELATED LINKS Submissions » The Most Impressive Single-Season Home Run Records by Fred Worth Around the Web » Harry Stovey from baseball-reference.com Jump directly to Library content from any website!

Stovey combined slugging power with great running speed and a strong arm. He was the first to wear sliding pads and among the first to slide feet first. A home run hitter in the dead-ball era, he led his league in homers six times, with a personal high of 19 in 1889. He led in hits twice, doubles once, triples three times, runs four times, batting (.404 in 1884) and stolen bases (97 in 1890) once each. Gentlemanly and articulate in an age when few ballplayers were, he played as Stovey rather than Stowe (his real name) so that his mother would not see his name in box scores. (JK)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » February 14, 1891: The National Board of Control "reluctantly" awards three disputed players (Lou Bierbauer, Harry Stovey, and Connie Mack) to the National League clubs that signed them despite the prior claims of the AA. Philadelphia (AA), assumed that with the disbanding of the Players League, Bierbauer would return to play with them. They call the signing of the 2B by Pittsburgh a Piratical" move, and the nickname "Pirates" will stick.