WELCOME to the largest site devoted to correcting Pre-War Minor League Baseball Player Biographies !!!!
Baseball-Reference.com, the bible of baseball statistics, is admittedly incomplete and spotty on minor league players' records prior to World War II. This site has taken on the monstrous task of updating those records.
We believe we also have the largest collection, in one place, of minor league player photographs to accompany the players' biography.
We have increased some player's records by over 10 teams that were unrecorded.
We have uncovered and identified many players who did not have a record at all in the archives, thus adding their history to the record.
We have corrected records that were inaccurate. Players who shared a name with another player, brothers who received credit for their brother's statistics, and records that were just completely incorrect.
This blog attempts to get the record closer to correct. Daily we will be adding players' updated information. We have updated over 3,900 player's bios at this point !!!!
We have added to the SABR Biographies where information was missing or inaccurate.
We have been contacted by family members and have helped give them more information about their baseball playing ancestor. Some of the stories have been heartwarming.
Many Major League players' minor league records have been found to have holes in them. This information is plastered all over the internet and it's incorrect. We are trying to correct the historical record.
In order not to convolute the site, references will not be noted, but, are available upon request.
If you wish to have a particular ballplayer researched and added to the site, just contact us at ctstreasurehaven@aol.com and for a donation of your choosing we will add. An enormous amount of time is devoted to making the data correct, any help is appreciated.
Alex Nagle Nickname:
Alex J Nagle (Also Nagel)
Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman
Bats: Throws: Right
Height: Weight:
Born: Died:
Year Age Team Lg Lev Aff Baseball Reference
1907 Waco Navigators TL C None (Available)
1908 (1) Bartlesville Boosters OKKS D None (Not Listed)
1908 (2) Topeka White Sox WA C None (Not Listed)
1909 Bartlesville Boosters WA C None (Available)
1910 Oklahoma City Indians TL C None (Available)
1911 Springfield Senators IIIL B None (Available)
1911 Waterloo Boosters IIIL B None (Available)
*****Baseball-Reference.com has Alex playing for Springfield/Portsmouth in the Ohio State League in 1908. This was another, as yet indentified Nagle/Nagel who was a second baseman from Cincinnati who signed with Portsmouth in August and played through September. Alex was with Bartlesville and Topeka during that period.
Sam Nahem Nickname: “Subway Sam”
Frank Naleway Nickname: “Chick”
Frank Naleway
Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Height: 5’10 Weight: 160
Born: 7/5/1901 Died: 1/28/1949
Year Age Team Lg Lev Aff Baseball Reference
1920 18 Sioux Falls Soos SDAK D None (Available)
1921 20 Sioux Falls Soos DAKL D None (Available)
1922 21 Sioux Falls Soos DAKL D None (Available)
1923 (1) 22 Sioux Falls Soos SDAK D None (Not Listed)
1923 (2) 22 St. Joseph Saints WL A None (Listed as Naleway)
1924 23 London Tecumsehs MION B None (Available)
1924 23 Kalamazoo Kazoos MION B None (Available)
1924 23 Chicago White Sox AL MLB CHW (Available)
1927 26 Burlington Bees MSVL D None (Available)
1928 (3) 27 Ottumwa Packers MSVL D None (Listed as Naleway)
Mickey Nance
John Natolie Nickname:
George Naughton Nickname: “Naughty”
George Aloysius Naughton
Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman, Second Baseman
Bats: Throws: Right
Height: 5’8 Weight: 155
Born: 5/9/1891 Died: 5/28/1979
Year Age Team Lg Lev Aff Baseball Reference
1911 20 Boise Irrigators UA D None (Available)
1911 20 Great Falls Electrics UA D None (Available)
1912 (1) 21 Boise Irrigators WTSL D None (Not Listed)
1912 (1) 21 LaGrande Pippins WTSL D None (Not Listed)
1913 22 LaGrande Spuds WTSL D None (Available)
1913 22 Pendleton Buckaroos WTSL D None (Available)
1914 23 Pendleton Buckaroos WTSL D None (Available)
1915 24 Portland Beavers PCL AA None (Available)
1916 (2) 25 Sioux City Indians WL A None (Not Listed)
1916 (3) 25 Cedar Rapids Rabbits CENA D None (Not Listed)
1916 (4) 25 Mason City Claydiggers CENA D None (Not Listed)
1917 (5) 26 Dubuque Dubs/Charles City CENA D None (Listed as Naughton)
Johnny Nee Nickname:
Joe Neeley Nickname:
Joe Augustine Neeley
Positions: Pitcher
Bats: Left Throws: Right
Height: 6’0 Weight: 180
Born: 5/5/1889 Died: 1/1969
Year Age Team Lg Lev Aff Baseball Reference
1910 21 Blytheville NEAR D None (Listed as Joe Neely)
1911 (1) 22 Helena ARSL D None (Not Listed)
1911 (1) 22 Jonesboro Zebras ARSL D None (Not Listed)
1911 22 Cairo Egyptians KITL D None (Listed as Joe Neely)
1911 22 Clarksville Billies KITL D None (Listed as Joe Neely)
1912 23 Nashville Volunteers SOUA A None (Listed as Joe Neely)
1912 23 Clarksville Rebels KITL D None (Available)
1913 24 Akron Giants ISLG D None (Listed as Joe Neely)
1913 24 Cairo Egyptians KITL D None (Available)
1913 24 Owensboro Distillers KITL D None (Available)
1914 25 Bonham Sliders TXOK D None (Available)
1914 (2) 25 McAlester Miners WA D None (Not Listed)
1915 26 Denison Railroaders WA D None (Listed as Joe Neely)
1915 26 McAlester Miners WA D None (Listed as Joe Neely)
1915 26 Muskogee Mets WA D None (Listed as Joe Neely)
*****Joe is referred to in documents and media as both Neely and Neeley. He is listed by Baseball-Reference as playing for Denison in 1914, but, I could not find it.
Henry Negake
Red Neihart Nickname:
Positions: Pitcher
Bats: Throws:
Height: Weight:
Born: Died:
Year Age Team Lg Lev Aff Baseball Reference
1928 (1) Grand Island Champs NESL D None (Not Listed)
Emmett Neill Nickname:
Emmett Cleveland Neill
Positions: Pitcher
Bats: Throws: Left
Height: Weight:
Born: 10/9/1892 Died: 3/3/1950
Year Age Team Lg Lev Aff Baseball Reference
1913 (1) San Antonio Bronchos TL B None (Listed as Neil)
1914 (1) Austin Senators TL B None (Not Listed)
1914 (1) Georgetown Collegians MIDT D None (Listed as Neal)
1915 (1) Austin/Taylor/Brenham MIDT D None (Listed as Lefty Neil)
1929 Bisbee Bees AZSL D None (Available)
1931 (4) El Paso Texans AZTX D None (Not Listed)
1932 (5) El Paso Texans AZTX D None (Not Listed)
William Neithammer Nickname:
Positions: Catcher, Outfielder
Bats: Throws: Right
Height: Weight:
Born: Died:
Year Age Team Lg Lev Aff Baseball Reference
1914 (1) Ottawa Indians ILMO D None (Listed as Neithammer)
1914 (1) Kankakee Kanks ILMO D None (Listed as Neithammer)
Clarence Nelson Nickname: “Texas” “Houston Kid” “Yokohoma”
Clarence F Nelson
Positions: Pitcher
Bats: Left Throws: Left
Height: 5’9 Weight: 145
Born: 12/24/1881 Died:
Year Age Team Lg Lev Aff Baseball Reference
1904 22 Houston Wanderers STEX C None (Available)
1904 (1) 22 Oklahoma City Mets SWLG D None (Not Listed)
1905 23 Houston Buffaloes STEX C None (Available)
1905 (2) 23 Oklahoma City Mets WA C None (Not Listed)
1906 24 Houston Buffaloes STEX C None (Available)
1906 24 Oklahoma City Mets WA C None (Available)
1907 25 Austin Senators TL C None (Available)
1907 25 Nashville Volunteers SOUA A None (Available)
1907 25 Augusta Tourists SALL C None (Available)
1908 26 Houston Buffaloes TL C None (Available)
1908 26 Waco Navigators TL C None (Available)
1908 26 Oklahoma City Mets WA C None (Available)
1908 26 Webb City Webfeet WA C None (Available)
1909 27 Guthrie Senators WA C None (Available)
1910 28 Davenport Prodigals IIIL B None (Available)
1911 29 Davenport Prodigals IIIL B None (Available)
1912 30 Davenport Prodigals IIIL B None (Available)
1913 (3) 31 Davenport Blue Sox IIIL B None (Not Listed)
1913 31 Winnipeg Maroons NORL C None (Available)
1914 (4) 32 Winnipeg Maroons NORL C None (Not Listed)
1914 (5) 32 Grand Forks Flickertails NORL C None (Not Listed)
1914 32 Muscatine Buttonmakers CENA D None (Available)
Clarence Nelson Nickname: “Ole”
Positions: Pitcher
Bats: Throws:
Height: Weight:
Born: Died:
Year Age Team Lg Lev Aff Baseball Reference
1920 Sioux Falls Soos SDAK D None (Listed as Clarence Nelson #1)
1921 Sioux Falls Soos DAKL D None (Listed as Clarence Nelson #1)
1922 Sioux Falls Soos DAKL D None (Listed as Clarence Nelson #1)
1923 (1) Sioux Falls Soos SDAK D None (Not Listed)
Elmer Nelson Nickname:
Elmer A Nelson
Positions: Pitcher
Bats: Throws:
Height: Weight:
Born: Died:
Year Age Team Lg Lev Aff Baseball Reference
1914 Kankankee Kanks ILMO D None (Available)
1914 Ottawa Indians ILMO D None (Available)
1914 (1) Bloomington Bloomers IIIL B None (Not Listed)
1915 Ottawa Indians BIST D None (Available)
1915 Clinton Pilots CENA D None (Available)
1916 (2) Clinton Pilots CENA D None (Not Listed)
Joseph Nelson Nickname:
Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop
Bats: Throws: Right
Height: Weight:
Born: Died:
Year Age Team Lg Lev Aff Baseball Reference
1924 Waynesboro Villagers BLRI D None (Available)
1925 Waynesboro Villagers BLRI D None (Available)
1925 (1) Cambridge Canners ESHL D None (Listed as Nelson)
1926 Cumberland Colts MATL C None (Available)
Red Nelson Nickname:
Albert Francis Nelson
Positions: Pitcher
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Height: 5’11 Weight: 190
Born: 5/19/1886 Died: 10/26/1956
Year Age Team Lg Lev Aff Baseball Reference
1907 21 Des Moines Champs WL A None (Available)
1907 21 Bloomington Bloomers IIIL B None (Available)
1907 21 Peoria Distillers IIIL B None (Available)
1907 21 Decatur Commodores IIIL B None (Available)
1908 22 Peoria Distillers IIIL B None (Available)
1909 23 St. Paul Saints AA A None (Available)
1909 23 Columbus Senators AA A None (Available)
1910 24 Columbus Senators AA A None (Available)
1910 (1) 24 Akron Champs OHPA C None (Not Listed)
1910 24 St. Louis Browns AL MLB SLB (Available)
1911 25 St. Louis Browns AL MLB SLB (Available)
1912 26 St. Louis Browns AL MLB SLB (Available)
1912 26 Philadelphia Phillies NL MLB PHI (Available)
1913 27 Philadelphia Phillies NL MLB PHI (Available)
1913 27 Cincinnati Reds NL MLB CIN (Available)
1914 28 Montgomery Lions SOUA A None (Available)
1914 (2) 28 Fort Worth Panthers TL B None (Listed as Clarence Nelson)
1914 (2) 28 Dallas Giants TL B None (Listed as Clarence Nelson)
1914 28 Minneapolis Millers AA AA None (Available)
1915 (3) 29 Topeka Jayhawks WL A None (Not Listed)
1915 (4) 29 Wichita Witches WL A None (Not Listed)
1915 (5) 29 Superior Red Sox NORL C None (Not Listed)
1915 29 Fargo-Moorhead NORL C None (Available)
1916 30 Erie Sailors ISLG D None (Available)
Red Nelson Nickname: