Hi John.

 

Welcome to the group.  We hope you will plan on coming to our future CT Smoky Joe Wood SABR Chapter meetings.  Last month we had Babe Ruth's granddaughter.

 

There are two sites that come to mind to find player's hometowns.

 

Here they are:

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/CT_born.shtml

 

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/birthplace.php?loc=Connecticut

 

Enjoy!!  I hope you write that book.

 

Joe Williams

Treasurer

CT Smoky Joe Wood SABR Chapter

milkroute <milkroute@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi,

My name is John Wiehn and I just signed up on the ct-sabr
yahoo group.

At present time my profession is a Librarian at a local
public library. I enjoy researching the history of my
hometown of Waterbury, Connecticut.

One of personal pursuits at present is finding information
and photos of the Irish of Waterbury. I hope some day to
write a book on the Irish in Waterbury.

I recently came across the name of Red Donahue. Red
was born in Waterbury of Irish Parents and played
major league baseball from 1891 to 1896. He also
was a umpire for several games. Can anyone suggest
where I can find a photo of Mr. Donahue??

Also is there a reference source that I can look to
that will list all Waterbury natives who played in the
major leagues? I would imagine there must be something
online.

Thank You...

John W.