Author Event! The 1910 New Orleans Pelicans - by Derby Gisclair

The 1910 New Orleans Pelicans played in the Southern Association and won their second league pennant. One sportswriter ranked them as the greatest sports team in the history of New Orleans. The team was owned and managed by Charlie Frank.

Shoeless Joe Jackson was a member of the team. Jackson had previously played for the Philadelphia of the American League, and owner Connie Mack sent him on loan to the Pelicans for the 1910 season. Jackson had a .354 batting average for New Orleans to win his third minor league batting title. He also led the league with 82 runs scored, 165 hits, and 19 triples, and he was praised for "his sweet swing and effortless skills in the outfield." This was Jackson's only season with the Pelicans. Later that year, he returned to the American League with the Cleveland Naps and batted .387 in 20 games.  

A lifelong resident of New Orleans, S. Derby Gisclair is a member of the Society of American Baseball Research (SABR) and its 19th Century, Minor Leagues, Deadball Era, Oral History, and Pictorial History Committees. He heads the Schott-Pelican Chapter of SABR in Louisiana and is on the Nominating and Selection Committees for the Greater New Orleans Professional Baseball Hall of Fame. 

He is the author of several books including Baseball in New Orleans, 2004, Baeball at Tulane University, 2007, The Olympic Club of New Orleans – The Epicenter of Professional Boxing, 1883 – 1897, 2018), Early Baseball in New Orleans – A Hisory of 19th Century Play, 2019), The Dixie Series, 1920 – 1958, and New Orleans Steamboat Stories – The Brief Lives of Mississippi Riverboats.