Rebel Oakes

Infobox MLB retired
name=Rebel Oakes


position=Center fielder
birthdate=December 17, 1883
city-state|Lisbon|Louisiana
deathdate=death date and age|1948|2|29|1883|12|17
city-state|Lisbon|Louisiana
bats=Right
throws=Right
debutdate=April 14
debutyear=by|1909
debutteam=Cincinnati Reds
finaldate=October 3
finalyear=by|1915
finalteam=Pittsburgh Rebels
stat1label=Batting average
stat2label=Home runs
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat1value=.279
stat2value=15
stat3value=397
teams=
*Cincinnati Reds (by|1909)
*St. Louis Cardinals (by|1910–by|1913)
*Pittsburgh Rebels (by|1914–by|1915)
highlights=

Ennis Telfair "Rebel" Oakes (December 17 1883 – February 29 1948) was an American Major League Baseball player born in Lisbon, Louisiana. After attending Louisiana Industrial Institute, which is now Louisiana Tech Universitycite web| title = Rebel Oakes's Stats | work = baseball-reference.com | url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/oakesre01.shtml | accessdate = 2008-01-31 ] , Rebel turned his attention to playing professional baseball, eventually reaching the Majors when he was traded to the Cincinnati Reds in by|1909.cite web| title = Rebel Oakes's Stats | work = retrosheet.org | url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/O/Poaker101.htm | accessdate = 2008-01-31 ] The following year, he was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals along with future Hall of Fame manager Miller Huggins for Fred Beebe. He played for the Cardinals for four seasons as a starting center fielder, then jumped to the Federal League when it was established in by|1914. After two seasons as the player-manager for the Pittsburgh Rebels, named in Oakes' honorcite web| title = The Pittsburgh Pirates Encyclopedia, pg. 248 (2003) ISBN 1582614164 | work = By David Finoli, Bill Ranier | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=1VwOLIVOWvwC&pg=PA248&lpg=PA248&dq=%22rebel+oakes%22&source=web&ots=qi_Yzdcsjy&sig=x7NxFH7DRXrpDgu8gwESc1kYMCM | accessdate = 2008-01-31 ] , the league folded and Rebel never returned to Major League Baseball.

After his baseball career, Oakes moved on to play and manage for the Denver Bears of the Western League in by|1916, where his team finished fourth and he led the league in hits with 205.cite web| title = The Western League: A Baseball History, 1885 Through 1999, pg. 111 (2002) ISBN 0786410035 | work = By W. C. Madden, Patrick J. Stewart | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=xaFRIteHn2MC&pg=PA111&lpg=PA111&dq=%22rebel+oakes%22&source=web&ots=EcGdZQnlyb&sig=HDvvw2veIudS7A7kSWWpXH5kU60 | accessdate = 2008-01-31 ] He died at the age of 74 in Lisbon, Louisiana, and is interred at Rocky Springs Cemetery in Lisbon.

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Persondata
NAME = Oakes, Rebel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Oakes, Ennis Telfair
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Major League Baseball player, manager
DATE OF BIRTH = December 17, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH = Lisbon, Louisiana
DATE OF DEATH = March 1, 1948
PLACE OF DEATH = Lisbon, Louisiana