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Box 01

 Container

Contains 14 Results:

World Series, 1948

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 01
Scope and Contents

Satchel Paige became the first African American to pitch in a World Series game.

Dates: 1948

World Series, 1949

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 02
Scope and Contents

Don Newcombe became the first African American pitcher to start a World Series game.

Dates: 1949

World Series, 1950-1951

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 03
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Twenty-one notebooks containing handwritten play-by-play accounts of World Series games played between 1948 and 1969. Olla recorded information such as home field, weather, time of game, attendance, umpires and whether each pitch was a called strike or a swing and a miss.

Dates: 1950-1951

World Series, 1952

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 04
Scope and Contents

Joe Black, pitching in game one, became the first African American to win a World Series game.

Dates: 1952

World Series, 1953

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 05
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Twenty-one notebooks containing handwritten play-by-play accounts of World Series games played between 1948 and 1969. Olla recorded information such as home field, weather, time of game, attendance, umpires and whether each pitch was a called strike or a swing and a miss.

Dates: 1953

World Series, 1954

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 06
Scope and Contents

Willie Mays’ over-the-shoulder catch in game one is considered to be one of the greatest World Series catches of all-time.

Dates: 1954

World Series, 1955

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 07
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Twenty-one notebooks containing handwritten play-by-play accounts of World Series games played between 1948 and 1969. Olla recorded information such as home field, weather, time of game, attendance, umpires and whether each pitch was a called strike or a swing and a miss.

Dates: 1955

World Series, 1956

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 08
Scope and Contents

Don Larsen pitched a perfect game in game five of the Series.

Dates: 1956

World Series, 1957

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 09
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Twenty-one notebooks containing handwritten play-by-play accounts of World Series games played between 1948 and 1969. Olla recorded information such as home field, weather, time of game, attendance, umpires and whether each pitch was a called strike or a swing and a miss.

Dates: 1957

World Series, 1958

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Twenty-one notebooks containing handwritten play-by-play accounts of World Series games played between 1948 and 1969. Olla recorded information such as home field, weather, time of game, attendance, umpires and whether each pitch was a called strike or a swing and a miss.

Dates: 1958