Anniston Moulders
Baseball Hall of Fame charter member Ty Cobb played for Anniston in 1904, in his first professional season.
Stouch signed Jackson after becoming manager of the Greenville Spinners of the North Carolina State League in 1908.
At the time they folded, the Anniston team had a record of 19–29, playing their shortened season under managers George Grove and Lindsay Scarborough.
The Decatur team eventually won the league championship with a record of 52–31 and were managed by Tom Stouch.
[8][9] Ty Cobb began the 1904 season with the Class C level Augusta Tourists of the South Atlantic League.
[11] Cobb had been released from Augusta along with pitcher, Thad Hayes, who was a friend of the Anniston team owner and manager, L.L.
[12][6] While playing for Anniston, Cobb engaged in self-promotion, sending several postcards written about his performances under different aliases to Grantland Rice, who was the sports editor of Atlanta Journal at the time.
Shortly after midnight William Cobb climbed onto the porch roof and approached the bedroom window.
Amanda Cobb claimed to have mistaken her husband for a burglar, but a coroner’s inquest led to her arrest on the charge of manslaughter.
"[11][15] Today, a historical marker in Anniston, Alabama is placed at the former site of Cobb's residence, which was a boarding house.
[22] Cobb joined Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth and Honus Wagner as the first players to be inducted into the hall of fame.
[23] Cobb has the major league record for the highest lifetime batting average, .367, and is second in runs scored with 2,245, being passed by Ricky Henderson.
[31] Gadson and Rome were joined by the Anniston Models, Decatur Twins, Huntsville Westerns and Selma Centralites teams in the six-team league, which began play on May 8, 1911.
[27][30] With a record of 68-38, Anniston placed first out of the six teams, playing under managers Walter Ford and Thomas Fisher.
After beginning the second half of the split-season schedule on July 22 after Anniston folded, the league disbanded August 2, 1912.
[41] The league folded with the following official second half standings: Gadsden (7-4), Talladega Highlanders (5-5), Selma (5-6), and Rome (5-7).
Anniston ended the 1912 season with an overall record of 41–35, finishing in third place, as Thomas Fisher returned as manager.
[43][44] The Gadsden Steel Makers, LaGrange Terrapins, Newnan Cowetas, Opelika Opelicans and Talladega Indians teams joined the with the Annison Moulders in beginning league play on May 5, 1913.
Hannon had been a football and baseball player at the University of Alabama and had subsequently served in the U.S. Army, stationed in France until his discharge as a second lieutenant.
[48] When hired as the Anniston manager, Hannon was an assistant coach at the University of Alabama football and baseball teams.
[52] The Anniston Moulders finished 16.5 games behind the first place Gadsden team in the final standings, as the league held no playoffs.
A member of the Chicago Cubs Hall of Fame, Stephenson grew to advance to the major leagues and compiled a .336 lifetime batting average in fourteen seasons.
In the bottom of the fifth, Glazner hit a two-run homer to put Anniston up 7-6 en route to a 10-6 victory.
[54] After the home run with 1,300 in attendance at Anniston, the fans threw nickels, dimes, and quarters onto the field, giving Glazner "a purse of $29.32.
The Anniston Moulders, Gadsden Steel Makers, LaGrange Terrapins, Newnan Cowetas, Opelika Opelicans and Talladega Indians were the returning member teams and joined with the expansion Rome Romans and Selma River Rats in beginning league Georgia–Alabama League play on May 8, 1914.
Playing the season under managers Bob Ragsdale and Leslie Proctor, Anniston finished 19.0 games behind the first place Selma River Rats in the final standings.
In the brief season, the Anniston Moulders finished with a record of 13–5 to place first in the final standings when the league stopped play.
Playing the brief season under manager Bill Pierre, the Moulders finished 1.5 games ahead of the second place Griffin team in the final standings.
[9] In 1917, at the start of World War I, the United States Army established a training camp at Fort McClellan in Anniston.
[76][77] In 1904, Anniston with Ty Cobb on the roster began minor league play at a ballpark labeled "Base Ball Park" the 1900 insurance map from the era.
