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Show CONNIE MACK'S FAMED $100,000 INFIELD Famous Quartet of Players Now Broken Up. Somebody tagged the name "$100,000 Infield" on the Mclnnis-Colllns-Barry-Baker combination in the pennant-winning days of Connie Mack's Athletics, and it stuck until the infield was broken up. There was always the idea, however, that the title was not to be interpreted literally, despite the recognized worth of the combination. The sale of Frank Baker to the Yankees has proved that the famous infield was not overrated, financially; in fact, it was underrated. Mack got $50,000 when he transferred Eddie Collins to the White Sox. Later he got $8,000 for Jack Barry from Joe Lannin of Boston. Two members of the quartet remained, and there was some doubt as to whether Mack would, or could, get $42,000 for the pair. The price for Baker has never been officially announced, but It is generally understood that the home-run king cost Ruppert and Houston $35,000. This leaves only $7,000 to be accounted for by Stuffy Mclnnis. Stuffy, who is still a youngster, has batted over .300 for six successive years in the majors, and he would bring two or three times that $7,000. So that famous infield was more than a $100,000 proposition after all. |
