Profile for Michael Haupert

Michael Haupert, Economics, authored the article "A Club Fit to Represent This City: The Origins of the Chicago White Stockings" in NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture published on July 26 by University of Nebraska Press. Today’s Major League Baseball team, the Chicago White Sox, started as the Chicago White Stockings in 1870. In this work, Dr. Haupert describes the lasting impact that founding White Stockings team executives William Hulbert and Albert Spalding had on improving the professional sport’s reputation, attendance, and profitability. More than 150 years later, Major League Baseball still resembles the league that Hulbert and Spalding formed. Their legacy is the multi-billion-dollar professional sports industry that exists today.

Submitted on: Sept. 16, 2024