Home Uniforms
The Blue Ox played in the independent Northeast League in 1996-97. This is the actual uniform worn by LaFrancois, who managed the Blue Ox in 1997. LaFrancois, a former catcher, played one season in the big leagues — with the Red Sox in 1982. With four hits in 10 at-bats for the ‘82 Red Sox, he holds the distinction of being a .400 lifetime hitter. (Uniform on loan from Blue Ox president Dean Gyorgy.)
Later known as the Boston Braves, the 1890 Beaneaters finished in fifth place in the National League. Their top player was Cambridge native John Clarkson, who won 26 games that year and went on to win 328 for his career. He was inducted into Hall of Fame in 1963. Clarkson, who died in 1909, is buried in Cambridge Cemetery.
The Boston Red Sox acquired 19-year-old Babe Ruth from the Baltimore Orioles of the International League on July 9, 1914. He appeared in five games for the Sox that season, making his big-league debut on July 11. He was then sent to the Providence Grays, for whom he would spend the remainder of the International League season before returning to the Red Sox in September. Ruth’s pitching and hitting helped the Grays to the 1914 International League pennant.
The 1918 Cubs hold the distinction of being the last team to lose to the Red Sox in the World Series until the Sox swept the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2004 Fall Classic.
Ray Chapman, one of the best defensive shortstops of his era, is the only player in major-league history to be killed as a result of an in-game injury. Leading off the fifth inning of the Indians’ August 16, 1920 game against the Yankees at the Polo Grounds, Chapman was hit in the head by a pitch thrown by Carl Mays and died the next day.
Bruce Petway was catcher for the Detroit Stars in 1920 when they were a charter member of the Negro National League. He also managed the team for four seasons. According to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, legend has it that in a 1910 exhibition game in Cuba Petway threw out Detroit Tigers great Ty Cobb trying to steal second base three times.
Based in Atlantic City, the Bacharach Giants won the Eastern Colored League pennant in 1926 and 1927, led by player-manager Dick Lundy. In both cases they lost the Negro League World Series to the Chicago American Giants. Lundy’s great-grandson is dancer/choreographer/actor Savion Glover, who, among many other accomplishments, was nominated for a Tony Award for featured actor in a musical in 1992 while appearing on Broadway in “Jelly’s Last Jam.”
Rube Foster, who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981, founded the Chicago American Giants in 1911 and managed them through 1926. Foster died in 1930, but the club was active into the 1950s.
Left-hander Wilbur Cooper’s 22 victories were the most in the National League in 1921. It was the second of four 20-win seasons for Cooper, whose lifetime record was 216-178. Also on the roster for the ’21 Pirates were Possum Whitted, Kiki Cuyler, Johnny Gooch and Moses Yellow Horse.
Hall of Famer Josh Gibson, who spent his entire career in the Negro Leagues, is now acknowledged as MLB’s all-time leader in batting average (.373), slugging percentage (.458) and OPS (1.176).
Nearly a decade before hitting in 56 consecutive games for the New York Yankees, DiMaggio hit in 66 straight games with the 1933 San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League.
Righthander Fred Frankhouse, who went 13-10 for the ’36 Dodgers, won 106 games in 13 big-league seasons. Casey Stengel managed this team, and then the Boston Bees/Braves, before gaining greater fane as manager of the New York Yankees.
Two years before he made his major-league debut with the Red Sox, the future Splendid Splinter socked 23 homers and drove in 98 runs for his hometown San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast League.
A .349 career hitter in the big leagues, Lefty O’Doul went on to manage the San Francisco Seals for 17 seasons, winning five Pacific Coast League championships.
One of the greatest second basemen in history, Rogers Hornsby, also known as the Rajah, later managed the International League Orioles.
Ted Williams patrolled left field for the Red Sox for 19 seasons, taking time out to serve his country in World War II and Korea. He’s the last man to hit .400 with a .406 mark in 1941.
Oakland native Billy Martin, who would later play for and manage the New York Yankees (and also the Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers and his hometown Oakland A’s) played for the Oakland Oaks in 1948 and ’49.
Cuban-born Martin Dihigo, who managed the New York Cubans to the Negro League World Series championship in 1947, is considered one of greatest all-around players in Negro Leagues history. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977.
One of the greatest catchers in baseball history, St. Louis native Yogi Berra played on 10 World Series championship teams during his 18 seasons with the New York Yankees. A two-time American League MVP, Berra hit 358 career home runs. He later managed the Yankees, as well as the New York Mets, for whom he played briefly at the end of his career. Berra was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1972.
This is a recreation of a uniform from the 1941 Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League. A minor-league affiliate of the Chicago Cubs, their roster included shortstop Lennie Merullo, a native of East Boston who would later play seven seasons in the big leagues. Merullo, who died in 2015, was a coach in the Oldtime Baseball Game from 1999 to 2010.
Johnny Pesky’s name is synonymous with the Boston Red Sox, for whom he worked for more than 60 years as a player, coach, manager, broadcaster and goodwill ambassador. He was a .308 lifetime hitter and had three 200-hit seasons. Later in life, he was a longtime coach in the Oldtime Baseball Game.
Vern “Junior” Stephens, who would later play five seasons with the Red Sox, led the American League with 109 RBI for the pennant-wining 1944 St. Lois Browns.
Stan “The Man” Musial played 22 seasons for the Cardinals and was a 20-time all-star. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969.
Two years before his 1947 debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie Robinson played for this legendary Negro Leagues team. Robinson played shortstop and hit .375 for the Monarchs in ’45, after which he was signed by Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey. He played for the Montreal Royals of the International League in 1946, setting the stage for his history-making debut at Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field on April 15, 1947.
Boston native Eddie Pellagrini made his big-league debut with the Red Sox on April 22, 1946 and hit a home run off Washington Senators right-hander Sid Hudson in his first at-bat. He went on to play eight years in the big leagues, including time with the St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates. He then switched gears and went into coaching, running the Boston College baseball program for 31 seasons. He came out of retirement to coach in the Oldtime Baseball Game from 2000 to ’02. Pelly died in 2006.
The Cubans were the first Havana entry into professional baseball in the United States, playing in the Florida International League. They were later upgraded to the Triple-A International League and renamed the Sugar Kings, adopting the slogan “Un paso mas, y llegamos!” (“One more step, and we arrive!”)
The Royals, playing in the International League, were the top farm club of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Jackie Robinson led the IL in hitting with a .349 average in 1946 before making his history-making debut with the Dodgers in 1947.
The gold coloring on this uniform commemorated Connie Mack’s 50th (and last) season as manager of the Athletics. Lefty Bobby Shantz, who went 8-14 for the 1950 Athletics, had a breakout season for the A’s in 1952, posting a 24-7 record and being named National League MVP. Shantz went on to pitch 16 seasons in the big leagues and appeared in the 1958 World Series as a member of the champion New York Yankees. He is the last living player who was managed by Connie Mack.
Robin Roberts went 20-11 for the 1950 National League pennant winners. With a lifetime record of 286-245, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1976. The late Eddie Waitkus, who grew up in Cambridge, was a member of this team, known as the Whiz Kids.
The Blue Ox played in the independent Northeast League in 1996-97. This is the actual uniform worn by LaFrancois, who managed the Blue Ox in 1997. LaFrancois, a former catcher, played one season in the big leagues — with the Red Sox in 1982. With four hits in 10 at-bats for the ‘82 Red Sox, he holds the distinction of being a .400 lifetime hitter. (Uniform on loan from Blue Ox president Dean Gyorgy.)
Though he signed with the old Boston Braves in 1952, it wasn’t until 1957 that Walpole, Mass., native Joe Morgan made it to the big leagues with the Milwaukee Braves. He went on to play parts of four seasons in the big leagues, including stints with the Kansas City Athletics, Philadelphia Athletics, Cleveland Indians and St. Louis Cardinals. He is best known for his tenure as manager of the Red Sox from 1988 to 1991, during which he won two American League East titles.
The Yankee Clipper closed out his career with the 1951 Yankees, who defeated the New York Giants in the World Series.
Steve McMann, Babson College (’98); Alex Hakesley, Northern Essex Community College (’00); Cary McConnell, coach (’02-03, ’05, ’07); Sam Shaughnessy, Boston College (’04); Matt Collins, Tufts University (’09); Donny Murray, Holy Cross (’12); J.R. Richard, Suffolk University (’13); Ryne Reynoso, Boston College (’14); Cam Monagle, Matignon High School/Merrimack College (’15-18); Rob Nadel, Siena College (alum) (’23); Nate Hartley, Clarkson University (’24).
Hall of Fame second baseman Nellie Fox played 14 of his 19 seasons with the White Sox. He led the American League in hits four times and was a 12-time all-star.
This is the actual uniform worn by Dick Radatz at the 2002 celebration of life in memory of Ted Williams at Fenway Park. Radatz, one of the greatest relief pitchers in Red Sox history, threw out the first pitch at the 1997 Oldtime Baseball Game. He was a longtime presence on “The Big Show” on WEEI. He died in 2005.
Hall of Famer Frank Robinson logged 10 of his 21 seasons in Cincinnati and later played on two World Series-winning teams with the Orioles. In 1975 he became the first African-American manager in the major leagues when he was hired by the Cleveland Indians.
Carl Yastrzemski made his major-league debut in 1961 and played his entire career — 23 seasons — with the Red Sox. Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1989, he remains one of the greatest all-around players in Red Sox history. In 1967 he won the Triple Crown and was named MVP in leading the “Impossible Dream” Red Sox to the American League pennant.
Donated by the Red Sox, this uniform honors the late Jerry Moses, an early supporter of the Oldtime Baseball Game whose son Steve played in the game in 1995. Jerry Moses played nine seasons in the big leagues, the first four with the Red Sox. A successful businessman who settled in the Boston area after his playing days, Jerry died in 2018.
This throwback uniform features the 100th anniversary Major League Baseball patch, which was worn by all big-league teams.
This is an actual home uniform worn in the big leagues by Newton, Mass., native Jim Corsi, who pitched for his hometown Red Sox from 1997 to 1999. Corsi pitched 10 seasons in the big leagues and was a member of the 1989 World Series champion Oakland A’s. After his career ended, Corsi became the first former Red Sox player to play in the Oldtime Baseball Game, making appearances in 2002 and ’03.
No uniform in the Oldtime Baseball Game offers more symbolism — and has seen more of the country — than the No. 3 Red Sox uniform that was unveiled in 2012. For it was in the 2012 Oldtime Baseball Game that former Boston College captain Pete Frates, who earlier that year had been diagnosed with ALS, wore this uniform when he made what would be his final appearance in a game before devoting the rest of his life to raising awareness and helping to find a cure for Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Frates was supposed to wear our No. 9 Ted Williams uniform that night, but in a surprise appearance before the game Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington presented him with a No. 3 Red Sox uniform — representing the number Pete had worn throughout his career, including his days at Boston College. Frates would go on to wear this shirt during the countless appearances he would make until he died on December 9, 2019.
The Tigres del Licey are one of the oldest professional teams in the Dominican Republic, founded in 1907. They are one of two teams based in Santo Domingo, the Domincan’s capital city.
The only fictional team in the Oldtime Baseball Game. Film buffs will recall “The Natural,” in which Robert Redford portrayed a slugger named Roy Hobbs.