1952 Indian Head Rockets pitching staff
- IHM.2021.0357
- Item
- 1952
Part of Recreation Collection
Six pitchers from the 1952 Indian Head Rockets
Indian Head Rockets (Baseball)
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1952 Indian Head Rockets pitching staff
Part of Recreation Collection
Six pitchers from the 1952 Indian Head Rockets
Indian Head Rockets (Baseball)
1952 Indian Head Rockets Team Photo
Part of Recreation Collection
The Indian Head Rockets and their manager at a baseball tournament
Indian Head Rockets (Baseball)
Black Baseball Players in Canada - A Biographical Dictionary 1881-1960
Part of Book Collection
A 203-page softcover book with an alphabetically organized series of biographies of about 500 baseball players who played for various teams throughout Canada from 1881 to 1960. It includes many players of the barn-storming teams that played on the prairies during the 1950s, including the Indian Head Rockets. Writeups include: Nathaniel "Nat" Bates, who pitched for the Rockets in 1952 and visited Saskatchewan in 2022 for the induction of the Indian Head Rockets (1950-1954) into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame in Battleford and for the opening off the Indian Head Rockets display at the Indian Head Museum; Elijah "Pumpsie" Green who also played for the Rockets and was the first black player on the Boston Red Sox. Many other Indian Head Rockets players are also included.
Swanton, Barry
Inductee name tag for Indian Head Rockets at the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame
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A name tag with the words "Indian Head Rockets - Team Induction - 2022"
Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame
Nathaniel Bates signed baseball card
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A specially-designed baseball card of Nat Bates - a cropped excerpt from IHM.2021.0146
Indian Head Museum
Richmond men inducted into Canadian Hall of Fame
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Printout of a newspaper article about Nat Bates and Willie Reed, former players (in 1952) of the Indian Head Rockets. Nat Bates traveled to Saskatchewan in August, 2022, to represent the Indian Head Rockets for their induction into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame (Battleford) and then traveled to Indian Head to visit the Indian Head Museum's new Rockets display and to speak to local residents, some of whom saw him play in 1952. Nat Bates was a right-handed pitcher.