| Item: | 1923 Champion Dubuque Climbers | Joe McGinnity |
| LJTP No.: | 100.089 |
| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Creator: | The Sporting News |
| Date: | 1923 |
| Place: | Dubuque, Iowa |
| Period: | 20th Century; Part 2 1951 – 1999 |
| Keywords: | Spalding’s Official Baseball Guide, Dubuque Climbers, Mississippi Valley League, Joe McGinnity, Chief Meyer, Wendt, Delaney, Hyde, Lindner, Spensley, Moore, Woodward, Mann, Jackson, Armstrong, Young, Oster |
| Citation: | Image. 1923 Champion Dubuque Climbers | Joe McGinnity. 1923. Library of John T. Pregler, Dubuque. (Source: Library of John T. Pregler) |
| Remarks: | The 1923 Mississippi Valley League champions were led by former MLB pitcher and Hall of Famer Joe McGinnity. McGinnity continued to play professional baseball long after he retired from the Major Leagues in 1908. At the age of 52, McGinnity became part owner of the Dubuque team and was player-manager. He brought with him to the Climbers his old New York Giants catcher John “Chief” Meyer. McGinnity finished his long and storied baseball career in Dubuque after the 1925 season. |
