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National League
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Both leagues currently have 15 teams. The two league champions of 1903 arranged to compete against each other in the inaugural World Series, after the 1904 champions failed to reach a similar agreement, the two leagues formalized the World Series as an arrangement between the leagues. National League teams have won 48 of the 112 World Series contested from 1903 to 2016, the 2016 National League champions are the Chicago Cubs. By 1875, the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players was dangerously weak, additionally, Hulbert had a problem—five of his star players were threatened with expulsion from the NAPBBP because Hulbert had signed them to his club using what were considered questionable means. Hulbert had a vested interest in creating his own league. After recruiting St. Louis privately, four western clubs met in Louisville, Kentucky, Boston Red Stockings, the dominant team in the N. A. Hartford Dark Blues from the N. A. Mutual of New York from the N. A. St. Louis Brown Stockings from the N. A, the only strong club from 1875 excluded in 1876 was a second one in Philadelphia, often called the White Stockings or Phillies. The first game in National League history was played on April 22,1876, at Philadelphias Jefferson Street Grounds, 25th & Jefferson, the new leagues authority was tested after the first season. The National League operated with six clubs during 1877 and 1878, over the next several years, various teams joined and left the struggling league. By 1880, six of the eight members had folded. The two remaining original NL franchises, Boston and Chicago, remain in operation today as the Atlanta Braves, in 1883 the New York Gothams and Philadelphia Phillies began National League play. Both teams remain in the NL today, the Phillies in their original city, the NL encountered its first strong rival organization when the American Association began play in 1882. The A. A. played in cities where the NL did not have teams, offered Sunday games and alcoholic beverages in locales where permitted, the National League and the American Association participated in a version of the World Series seven times during their ten-year coexistence. These contests were less organized than the modern Series, lasting as few as three games and as many as fifteen, with two Series ending in disputed ties, the NL won four times and the A. A. only once, in 1886. Starting with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1887, the National League began to raid the American Association for franchises to replace NL teams that folded and this undercut the stability of the A. A. Other new leagues that rose to compete with the National League were the Union Association, the Union Association was established in 1884 and folded after playing only one season, its league champion St. Louis Maroons joining the NL. The NL suffered many defections of star players to the Players League, the Brooklyn, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and New York franchises of the NL absorbed their Players League counterparts. The labor strife of 1890 hastened the downfall of the American Association, after the 1891 season, the A. A. disbanded and merged with the NL, which became known legally for the next decade as the National League and American Association
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Exposition Park (Pittsburgh)
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Exposition Park was the name given to three historic stadiums, located in what is today Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The fields were used mainly for baseball and American football from c.1879 to c. The ballparks were located on the north side of the Allegheny River in Allegheny City. The city was annexed into Pittsburgh in 1907, which became the citys North Side, due to flooding from the nearby river, the three stadiums exact locations varied somewhat. The final version of the ballpark was between the sites of Three Rivers Stadium and PNC Park. In 1903, the incarnation of Exposition Park was the first National League ballpark to host a World Series game. Named for other expositions that would be there, including horse racing and circuses. Despite its reason for construction Exposition Park II was built closer to the River, the Alleghenys played at the second incarnation of the park until they moved to Recreation Park in 1884, which was several blocks north and out of the flood plain. While the Pittsburg Pirates were playing games at Recreation Park, owners John Beemer. Lennon of the Pittsburgh Burghers constructed a park near the former site of Exposition Park I and II. Exposition Park III included a wooden grandstand around the infield. Total capacity was about 10,000 spectators, the seats faced the Allegheny River and the Point. The Burghers played at the stadium during the 1890 Players League season— both the team and leagues only season in existence, on June 10,1890, Jocko Fields of the Pittsburgh Burghers hit the first home run at Exposition Park III. The Pittsburg Pirates moved to Exposition Park the following season, on April 24,1891, Fred Carroll hit the first home run by a Pirate in the stadium. Under the management of Fred Clarke the Pirates won the National League pennant in 1901,1902, after the 1903 season, Dreyfuss and Boston Americans owner Henry Killilea organized a best of nine game series to match the two pennant winners against each other. The first World Series held three games in Boston before moving to Exposition Park with the Pirates leading the series 2–1, on October 6,1903,7,600 people attended the first World Series game in a National League stadium—the Pirates won by one run. The following day 12,000 people attended the game, forcing spectators to stand behind a rope in the outfield. The Pirates lost three of four games at Exposition Park and eventually the Series, during a July 4,1902 doubleheader against the Brooklyn Superbas, an Allegheny flood caused water to rise to thigh level in center and right fields, and about head level in deep center
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Allegheny, Pennsylvania
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Allegheny City is the name of a former Pennsylvania municipality now reorganized and merged into the larger community, the modern City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1907, the City of Allegheny was laid out in 1788 according to a plan by John Redick. The lots were sold in Philadelphia by the State government or given as payment to Revolutionary War veterans and it was incorporated as a borough in 1828 and as a city in 1840. Prior to the 1850s, most of the area was largely farmland. It was commonly referred to as Deutschtown, derived from the German word Deutsch, referring to the language and ethnicity. The annexation of Allegheny City by Pittsburgh began in 1906 and was effected in 1907 and it was approved by the United States Government in 1911. The annexation was controversial at the time, as a majority of Allegheny City residents were opposed to the merger. Previous Pennsylvania law had directed that a majority of the voters in each merging municipality had to approve an annexation agreement, in 1906, the State Assembly passed a new law that authorized annexations if a majority of the total voters in both combined municipalities approved the merger. The annexation was rejected by the residents of Allegheny City by a 2,1 margin, but was approved by more populous Pittsburgh residents. Allegheny City residents tried unsuccessfully for years to have the annexation overturned in court. The population of Pittsburgh rose from 321,616 in 1900 to 533,905 in 1910, which included the 132,283 who lived in Allegheny in 1910, when the two cities were joined, both of the old ward systems were discarded. A new ward system was established made up of 27 wards, in the new ward system, Allegheny was divided into wards 21 to 27. Its past territory is seen by viewing a map of the city wards. The Carnegie Library, the Old Post Office Building, and the Buhl Planetarium buildings were not demolished, the H. J. Heinz Company built its factory in Allegheny City, close to the Chestnut Street bridge. Heyl & Patterson Inc. a manufacturer of railcar dumpers and ship unloaders, the surviving structures are now occupied by a furniture warehouse and a bus garage. Railroad lines were built along the side of the Allegheny for the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago. When workers in Pittsburgh struck against the Pennsylvania Railroad after wage cuts in July 1877, the Teutonia Männerchor Hall in the East Allegheny neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a building constructed in 1888. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004, the Teutonia Männerchor is a private membership club with the purpose of furthering choral singing, German cultural traditions and good fellowship
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Connie Mack
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Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy, better known as Connie Mack, was an American professional baseball player, manager, and team owner. The longest-serving manager in Major League Baseball history, he records for wins, losses. Mack managed the Philadelphia Athletics for the clubs first 50 seasons of play, starting in 1901, before retiring at age 87 following the 1950 season, however, constant financial struggles forced repeated rebuilding of the roster, and Macks teams also finished in last place 17 times. Mack was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937, Mack was born Cornelius McGillicuddy in East Brookfield, Massachusetts on December 22,1862. As with many Irish immigrants whose names began with Mc, the McGullicuddys were often referred to as Mack and his parents, Michael McGillicuddy and Mary McKillop, were both immigrants from Ireland. Michael McGillicuddys father was named Cornelius McGillicuddy, and by tradition, Connie is a common nickname for Cornelius, so Cornelius McGillicuddy was called Connie Mack from an early age. Connie Mack never legally changed his name, on the occasion of his marriage at age 48. His nickname on the field was Slats, for his height of 6 feet 2 inches. During the American Civil War, he served with the 51st Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Michael McGillicuddy suffered from several ailments as the result of his military service, he was able to work only infrequently, and drew a disability pension. Mack was educated in East Brookfield, and began working summers in local cotton mills at age 9 to help support his family. He quit school after completing the eighth grade at age 14, intending to work full-time to contribute to the familys support and he clerked at a store, worked on local farms, and worked on the production lines of the shoe factories in nearby towns. Mack was also an athlete, and frequently played baseball. In 1879 his skills landed him a place on East Brookfields town team, though younger than his teammates by several years, Mack was the teams catcher and de facto captain. Beginning in 1886, Mack played 10 seasons in the National League and one in the Players League, for a total of 11 seasons in the major leagues, almost entirely as a catcher. Beginning in 1884, he played on minor league teams in the Connecticut cities of Meriden, in the winter of 1889, he jumped to the Buffalo team of the new Players League, the Bisons, investing his entire life savings of $500 in shares in that club. But the Players League went out of business only a year. In December 1890 Mack signed a contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League, as a player, Mack was a light-hitting catcher with a reputation as a smart player, but didnt do anything particularly well as a player. Mack was one of the first catchers to position himself directly behind home plate instead of in front of the backstop, according to Wilbert Robinson, Mack never was mean
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Pittsburgh Pirates
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The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball as a club of the National League Central division. Founded on October 15,1881 as Allegheny, the franchise has won five World Series championships, the Pirates are also often referred to as the Bucs or the Buccos. They also won the 1971 World Series, led by the talent of Roberto Clemente, overall, the Pirates have won five World Series and lost two. They would then advance to the NL Division Series round, where they lost in 5 games to the St. Louis Cardinals, the Pirates would continue their success and make the playoffs in both 2014 and 2015, losing in the Wild Card Game both times. Professional baseball has been played in the Pittsburgh area since 1876, the teams of the era were independents, barnstorming throughout the region and not affiliated with any organized league, though they did have salaries and were run as business organizations. On October 15,1881, the strongest team in the joined the American Association as a founding member to begin play in 1882. Their various home fields in the 19th century were in a city called Allegheny City. After five mediocre seasons in the A. A, Pittsburgh became the first A. A. team to switch to the older National League in 1887. At this time, the team renamed itself the Pittsburgh Alleghenys, at that time, owner-manager Horace Phillips sold the team to Dennis McKnight, Phillips stayed on as manager. Before the 1890 season, nearly all of the Alleghenys best players bolted to the Players Leagues Pittsburgh Burghers, the Players League collapsed after the season, and the players were allowed to go back to their old clubs. However, the Alleghenys also scooped up highly regarded second baseman Lou Bierbauer, although the Athletics had failed to include Bierbauer on their reserve list, they loudly protested the Alleghenys move. In an official complaint, an AA official claimed the Alleghenys signing of Bierbauer was piratical and this incident quickly accelerated into a schism between the leagues that contributed to the demise of the A. A. Although the Alleghenys were never found guilty of wrongdoing, they made sport of being denounced for being piratical by renaming themselves the Pirates for the 1891 season, the nickname was first acknowledged on the teams uniforms in 1912. The Pirates were a team in the early 1900s, winning National League pennants from 1901–1903. They again won the NL in 1925 and 1927 and the World Series in 1925, after a slow period, they returned to dominance and won the 1960 World Series,1971 World Series and 1979 World Series. They won Eastern Division titles from 1990–1992 but did not return to the post-season after that until 2013, on Opening Day 2015 the Pirates loss to the Cincinnati Reds represented its 10, 000th franchise loss since moving to the NL. This made the Pirates the fourth MLB team to achieve distinction, following the Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves
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Road (sports)
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A road game or away game is a sports game where the specified team is not the host and must travel to another venue. Most professional teams represent cities or towns and amateur sports teams often represent academic institutions, each team has a location where it practices during the season and where it hosts games. When a team is not the host, it must travel to games. Thus, when a team is not hosting a game, the team is described as the team, the visiting team, or the away team. The venue in which the game is played is described as the stadium or the road. The host team is said to be the home team, major sporting events, if not held at a neutral venue, are often over several legs at each teams home ground, so that neither team has an advantage over the other. Occasionally, the team may not have to travel very far at all to a road game. These matches often become local derbies, a few times a year, a road team may even be lucky enough to have the road game played at their own home stadium or arena. This is prevalent in college athletics where many schools will play in regional leagues or groundshare. The related term true road game has seen increasing use in U. S. college sports in the 21st century, while regular-season tournaments and other special events have been part of college sports from their creation, the 21st century has seen a proliferation of such events. These are typically held at sites, with some of them taking place outside the contiguous U. S. or even outside the country entirely. In turn, this has led to the use of true road game to refer to contests played at one home venue. In some association football leagues, particularly in Europe, the teams fans sit in their own section. Depending on the stadium, they will either sit in a designated section or be separated from the home fans by a cordon of police officers. However, in the leagues in England, supporters may be free to mix. When games are played at a site, for instance the FA Cup final in England which is always played at Wembley Stadium. This results in each team occupying one half of the stadium and this is different from other sports, particularly in North America, where very few fans travel to games played away from their home stadium. Home and away fans are not separated at these games
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1896 Baltimore Orioles season
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The Baltimore Orioles won their third straight National League pennant in 1896. After the season, they faced Cleveland Spiders in the Temple Cup for the year in a row. After losing 4 games to 1 in 1895, the Orioles swept the Spiders in four straight, the Orioles had now played in the Cup in each of its first three seasons, with this one being their first win. Note, Pos = Position, G = Games played, AB = At bats, H = Hits, Avg. = Batting average, HR = Home runs, RBI = Runs batted in Note, G = Games played, AB = At bats, H = Hits, Avg. baseball-almanac. com
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Brownie Foreman
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John Davis Brownie Foreman was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates between 1895 and 1896, and the Cincinnati Reds in 1896. Listed at 5 ft 8 in,150 lb and he was born in Baltimore, Maryland. His older brother, Frank Foreman, also was a major league pitcher, Foreman died in his home of Baltimore, Maryland, at age 51
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Jim Hughey
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Jim Hughey was born on March 8,1869 in Wakeshma, Michigan and died in Coldwater, Michigan at the age of 76. He was a pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers in 1891, the Chicago Colts in 93, the Pittsburgh Pirates from 96 to 97, the St. Louis Browns/St. Louis Cardinals from 98 to 1900, and Cleveland Spiders in 1899 where he holds the record for being the last major league pitcher to lose 30 games in one season. Shortly after his siblings were born he and his family packed up and moved to Algansee Township in Branch County. It was there in Coldwater that Jim developed a love of baseball and many sports like fishing, trapping. When he was old enough he joined the athletics club. His team were the number one team and one of the greatest in south central Michigan who brought in players from all over the country to play for them. During his time with the club he led them to a championship in 1889 before leaving. Hughey got his start with the Indiana State League. Although there are no records for his time there he must have good enough seeing that after his one-year stint at the club he was signed to the Wisconsin club in 91. There he developed his nickname Smiling Jim due to him smiling sarcastically before striking out any batter and his time at Milwaukee was short-lived due to the association dismantling, the National League took in 4 teams unfortunately Milwaukee was not one of them. In 1892 he was with the Kansas City club and turned out to be clubs best pitcher of the season with 111 strikeouts in 28 games before July when that league was also stopped. From there he moved to Macon city in 93 and then was invited to the Chicago Colts, after two days with the Colts he was removed for his poor performance in a game where he allowed ten runs in the second inning of a game against Louisville. In 94 Ban Johnson revived the Western League and Hughey signed with the Toledo White stockings for the season, during his time with Toledo he amassed a 25-12 record with 135 strikeouts in 335 innings. At the start of the 95 season Hugheys playing ability was dampened to what he described as an crick in his elbow. on his start with the season he lost 19-5 to the Indianapolis club. Jim was hesitant about his move to the Pirates saying, Im not stuck on pitching ball in the Big League, when I was in the Western League I received as much salary and had an easier time of it. The newspapers do not roast the players in the Western League, of course the pitcher is invariably blamed when his team loses. Overall his time with the Pirates shifted between very good and very bad, at the start of the season he was noted be a great interrogation pitcher with him leading his team to a 6-5 victory of Brooklyn
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Frank Killen
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Frank Bissell Lefty Killen was a professional baseball player. He was a pitcher over parts of ten seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers, Washington Senators, Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Beaneaters. He was the National League wins leader in 1893 and 1896 with Pittsburgh, for his career, he compiled a 164–131 record in 321 appearances, with a 3.78 ERA and 725 strikeouts. He was born and later died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the age of 69, list of Major League Baseball annual wins leaders Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference Frank Killen at Find a Grave
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Jake Beckley
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Jacob Peter Beckley, nicknamed Eagle Eye, was a Major League Baseball player at the turn of the 20th century. He played for major league teams between 1888 and 1907. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1971, Beckley was born in Hannibal, Missouri. He was the son of Bernhart and Rosina Beckley, Beckley began playing semi-pro baseball while still a teenager. A former Hannibal teammate, Bob Hart, suggested the 18-year-old Beckley to the Leavenworth Oilers of the Western Association. After playing one and a half seasons for the Alleghenys, Beckley and eight of his teammates jumped to the Pittsburgh Burghers, manager Ned Hanlon crossed over as well. Beckley stated he was willing to go to the PL because after all, the league lasted only one season, and Beckley spent the next five and a half seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates. His days in Pittsburgh finished, on July 25,1896, Beckley was traded to the New York Giants for Harry Davis, Beckley was released by the Giants the following season on May 22, and he signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds five days later. In his first season with the Reds, Beckley was unsuccessful in getting rookie Honus Wagner out with the ball trick. But later when Wagners Louisville Colonels came to play at Cincinnati, Beckley was successful in getting Wagner out, employing a strategy that involved the use of two baseballs. Against the St. Louis Cardinals, Beckley belted three home runs in the game on September 26,1897, a feat not again matched until 1922 by Ken Williams. He played with Cincinnati for seven seasons and was purchased by the St. Louis on February 11,1904. Beckley retired after the 1907 season with 2,930 career hits and he continues to rank fourth all-time among major leaguers in triples with 244. As of the 2014 season, Beckley holds the all-time best batting average amongst Pirates first basemen, Beckley married Molly Murphy of Hannibal in 1891. She died of tuberculosis a few months after their wedding and he served as an umpire in the Federal League in 1913 and also served as a baseball coach at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri. In addition to his umpiring and coaching after retirement from professional play and he died of heart disease in Kansas City, Missouri at the age of 50. He was interred at the Riverside Cemetery in Hannibal, elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971. Member of Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame, elected into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 2014 First all-time, Career putouts
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Lou Bierbauer
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Louis W. Bierbauer was an American professional baseball player of German descent. He was a second baseman in Major League Baseball during the late 1880s and 1890s, when the Players League folded in 1891, pretty much every player that left the National League or the American Association for the league in 1890 was allowed to return to their original team. However Lou Bierbauer never signed a contract to return to Philadelphia Athletics, the National Leagues Pittsburg Alleghenys realizing Bierbauers absence in the Athletics line-up soon became determined to sign him at all cost. Alfred Spink, the founder of the Sporting News, wrote about the incident in his 1910 book The National Game. According to Spink, the Alleghenys manager, Ned Hanlon, traveled to Presque Isle in the dead of winter to sign him and he finally reached Bierbauers home and got him to sign a contract with Allegheny. An official for the American Association also objected to Bierbauer signing with the Alleghenys, however the Alleghenys contended that since the did not reserve Bierbauer, he was a free agent. An arbitrator agreed, and soon players and fans alike were calling the team the Pittsburg Pirates, Bierbauer played for the Pirates for six seasons before moving on to the St. Louis Browns from 1897 to 1898. He later finished his baseball career in the minor leagues. Alfred Spink would go on to call Bierbauer the one-time king of second basemen, in a 1955 story also reprinted in The Pirates Reader, a friend of Bierbauer told the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph that Louie loved the Pirates and rooted for them until the day of his death in 1926. Bierbauer died in his hometown of Erie, Pennsylvania at the age of 60, list of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders General Nemec, David. The Beer and Whisky League, The Illustrated History of the American Association—Baseballs Renegade Major League, specific Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs Lou Bierbauer at Find a Grave
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Harry Davis (1900s first baseman)
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Harry H. Davis was born in Philadelphia. He led the American League in home runs from 1904 to 1907 and he also hit for the cycle on July 10,1901. He led the AL in doubles three times and the NL in triples once, Davis was the starting first baseman and first captain of manager Connie Macks Philadelphia Athletics from 1901 to 1910. In 1905 he led the American league in runs, RBI, runs and doubles. He was the starting first baseman for the 1910 World Champions, in 1911, the 37-year-old Davis was replaced at first base by the younger Stuffy McInnis, and Davis played a reserve role for the 1911 World Champions. Davis managed the 1912 Cleveland Naps, but left with 28 games left in the season and he returned to the Athletics as a player, coach and assistant captain in 1913, amassing only 33 plate appearances over the next five seasons combined. He continued as a coach and scout with Macks Athletics until 1927, Davis died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 11,1947, at the age of 74. com Biography at BaseballLibrary 1911 Photo
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Bones Ely
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William Frederick Bones Ely was a shortstop in Major League Baseball. He was born in North Girard, Pennsylvania, during the 1904 season, Bones Ely along with his brother Ben Ely purchased the Portland Browns of the Pacific Coast League. Bones Ely managed 33 games that season before resigning his position on May 16, the Ely brothers sold their shares of the team to Walter McCredie and William Wallace McCredie before the end of the season. Ely died at the age of 88 in Imola, California and his remains were cremated and placed in the Chapel of the Chimes columbarium in Oakland. Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference BaseballLibrary. com
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Abel Lizotte
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Abel Lizotte was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1896. He made his league debut on September 17,1896. In seven big league games, he hit.103 with three runs scored and three RBI and he collected three hits in 29 at bats. Lizotte also spent 10 seasons in the leagues, hitting.292 in 1,023 games. In 1895, with the Wilkes-Barre Coal Barons, Lizotte hit.333 with 111 runs and 29 triples in 109 games, in 1901, with the Wheeling Stogies, Lizotte hit.330 in 127 games. In 1907 and 1908, he managed the minor league Wilkes-Barre Barons and he was interred at St. Mary Cemetery in Wilkes-Barre following his death. Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference
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Denny Lyons
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Dennis Patrick Aloysius Lyons was a Major League Baseball player. He played third base for the Providence Grays, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns, New York Giants and he led the American Association in On-base percentage, Slugging Percentage and OPS in 1890. He still ranks 45th on the MLB Career On-base percentage List, behind Jeff Bagwell, Lyons reached base by a hit or a walk in 52 consecutive games in 1887. He died in West Covington, Kentucky, at the age of 62
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Dick Padden
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After playing a season and a half in the minor leagues, the right-handed infielder began his major league career for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He played three seasons in Pittsburgh, from 1896 to 1898, before playing one season for the Washington Senators in 1899 and he returned to the minor leagues for the 1900 season, where he was the player-manager for the Chicago White Sox, then a minor league team. In total, Padden played in 874 games, and collected 814 hits in 3545 at bats and he finished in the leagues top-ten finishers in being hit by pitches six times, including a league-leading 18 in 1904. Paddens post-career activities included duties as a talent scout for the St. Louis Browns, after retiring, he attempted to gain the Democratic Party nomination for the 1912 mayoral race in his hometown of Martins Ferry, Ohio. He died there, in 1922, at the age of 52 of apoplexy, Padden began his professional career with the Roanoke Magicians, a minor league club in the Virginia State League in 1895, where he played with and managed the team to a 52–74 win–loss record. During the 1896 season, the Pittsburgh Pirates manager, Connie Mack, was seeking a replacement for Harry Truby, his second baseman, who was not performing well, when Padden caught his attention. Padden was playing for the Toronto Canadiens in the Eastern League, based on his need to upgrade his second base position, and Paddens good reputation, Mack traded Truby for him. He began his league career shortly thereafter on July 15. However, his hitting improved and he completed the season with a.242 batting average in 61 games played, in 1897, with the Pirates, he led all National League second basemen with 134 games played, and 369 putouts. He made 128 appearances in 1898, again as their second baseman. His statistical output dropped from his previous season, his batting average lowered to.257, on December 14,1898, after the season was completed, Padden was traded, along with Jack OBrien and Jimmy Slagle, to the Washington Senators in exchange for Heinie Reitz. He played the 1899 season in Washington, and appeared in 134 games as their starting shortstop and he had a batting average of.277, established his career high in stolen bases, and was ejected from the game by the umpire three times, which led the league. However, before the 1900 season began, he joined the Chicago White Sox, also a league team. On May 16, he was involved in an altercation with Ducky Holmes. Mack, who estimated that he could get five more good innings from his game one starting pitcher, Rube Waddell, Paddens suggestion backfired, and turned into a successful strategy for Mack, whose team, with Waddell pitching, won the game. Despite that incident, Padden and his skills led the White Sox to the American League championship that season. The White Sox stayed with the American League as they became a league in 1901. He was the starting second baseman, and played in a total of 123 games
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Jud Smith
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Grant Judson Smith was a professional baseball player. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Browns, Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Senators, primarily as a third baseman. Smith, who was born in Green Oak, Michigan, was a member of the Pirates team that won the 1901 National League pennant and he went to college at Ohio State University. He died in Los Angeles at the age of 78, career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference
