John (Jack) Picus Quinn Players such as John Quinn make it hard to a have complete history of Players from the area. Quinn was born in Austria-Hungry in 1909. His family immigrated to Jeansvillle (a town near Dick Hurley – Honesdale Hazleton) as a young Dick Hurley child. He learned to play is the first profesbaseball in the area and sional player after his mother died he moved to Schuylkill from Northeast County near Mahanoy City where he was disPennsylvania, covered and signed to a professional contract. noted as being John Quinn won 247 games over a 23 season the substitute career. He is arguably the best ballplayer from player for the the Greater Hazleton Area. first paid pro I encourage anyone who knows of fessional club, players like Quinn, who weren’t born in the the Cincinnati Red area but learned the game in the area please Stockings. The profescontact us at hardcoalbaseball@yahoo.com. sional Cincinnati Red Stockings played their Until next month have a Happy Thanksgivfirst game May 4, 1869, with a 45-9 win over ing. P the Great Westerns of Cincinnati. The team won 57 games and lost zero, counting only matches with Association clubs Hurley was born in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. After attending Columbia University and playing on its baseball team, he played for the Buckeyes of Cincinnati, one of the leading amateur teams in the Midwest. Along with two of his teammates, Andy Leonard and Charlie Sweasy, he was recruited by Harry Wright as the utility man for the rival Cincinnati Red Stockings in 1869–70, being paid $600 per season for his efforts. He then played two games the following year in the fledgling National Association for the Washington Olympics as an outfielder. In 1916, Hurley managed the Great Falls Electrics in the Northwestern League.
zine to largest distributed magazine in Northeast Pennsylvania. According to Baseball reference there have been 1369 players born in Pennsylvania. 217 were from the Panorama coverage area. So to answer one of most asked questions and to the best of our knowledge here are some of the notable firsts for the area.
John Burke – Hazleton John Burke (18771950) was a pitcher and outfielder in Major League Baseball. He went to St. Bonaventure University and played for the New York Giants in 1902. John was the first player from the Greater Hazleton Area to play in the majors. After leaving the majors he became a Monsignor and Pastor for St Joseph’s Church in Keyport, New Jersey.
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