The Society for American Baseball Research was established in Cooperstown, New York, in 1971. Our mission is to foster the study of baseball past and present, and to provide an outlet for educational, historical and research information about the game.
Spokane
Along with the PCL’s Hollywood Stars, the Spokane Indians experimented with wearing shorts in the early 1950s. Predictably, the verbal abuse from opposing teams and physical abuse from activities such as sliding made the experiment short-lived. / David Eskenazi Collection
1910 Spokane Indians, Northwestern League / David Eskenazi Collection
Spokane City League ballpark pass, 1907 / David Eskenazi Collection
Pete Jonas, 1938 Spokane Hawks, Western International League / David Eskenazi Collection
1909 letter written by Northwestern League Spokane Indians manager Bob Brown. The letter offers a tryout to prospect Charles Weller. The next year, Brown began a legendary 50 year stint as a baseball magnate in Vancouver, BC.
/ David Eskenazi Collection
Spokane Indians program cover, Northwestern League 1914. Future Hall of Famers Stan Covaleskie and George Kelly both played for Spokane in 1914. / David Eskenazi Collection
Duke Snider, manager, 1965 Spokane Indians, Pacific Coast League / David Eskenazi Collection
1947 Spokane Indians, Western International League, program cover featuring Levi McCormack. McCormack, a full blooded Nez Perce and Spokane Indian, was a survivor of the 1946 bus crash that claimed the lives of nine of his teammates.
/ David Eskenazi Collection
1941 Spokane Indians, Western International League / David Eskenazi Collection
1941 scorecard cover: Spokane Indians vs. Western International League All Stars / David Eskenazi Collection
