Frederick C. Bush
Frederick C. (Rick) Bush joined SABR in March 2014. Since that time he wrote articles for over two dozen SABR books as well as the Biography and Games Project websites. Together with Bill Nowlin, he has co-edited five SABR books about the Negro Leagues: Bittersweet Goodbye: The Black Barons, the Grays, and the 1948 Negro League World Series (2018); The Newark Eagles Take Flight: The Story of the 1946 Negro League Champions (2019); Pride of Smoketown: The 1935 Pittsburgh Crawfords (2020); When the Monarchs Reigned: Kansas City’s 1942 Negro League Champions (2021); The First Negro League Champion: The 1920 Chicago American Giants (2022), and The Stars Shone on Philadelphia, on the 1934 Philadelphia Stars. Before his passing in 2023, Rick lived with his wife, Michelle, their three sons — Michael, Andrew, and Daniel — and their Border Collie-mix, Bailey, in the greater Houston area, where he taught English at Wharton County Junior College’s satellite campus in Sugar Land.
SABR BioProject biographies written by Frederick C. Bush
SABR Games Project stories written by Frederick C. Bush
- June 19, 1921: Cristóbal Torriente’s triple leads American Giants over intra-city rivals
- July 27, 1914: Harry Billiard brilliant in relief as Hoosiers outlast Terps in 13 innings
- July 17, 1914: Gene Packard goes the distance as Packers defeat ChiFeds in 14 innings
- June 29, 1907: Bemis batters Cobb, but Georgia Peach’s bat does the damage in rout of Naps
SABR Journal Articles written by Frederick C. Bush
SABR Research Topics written by Frederick C. Bush
SABR Research Articles written by Frederick C. Bush
SABR Ballparks written by Frederick C. Bush