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American League
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The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League, is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a league based in the Great Lakes states. It is sometimes called the Junior Circuit because it claimed Major League status for the 1901 season,25 years after the formation of the National League. At the end of season, the American League champion plays in the World Series against the National League champion. Through 2016, American League teams have won 64 of the 112 World Series played since 1903, the 2016 American League champions are the Cleveland Indians. The New York Yankees have won 40 American League titles, the most in the history, followed by the Philadelphia/Kansas City/Oakland Athletics. Originally a minor league known as the Western League, the American League later developed into a major league after the American Association disbanded, in its early history, the Western League struggled until 1894, when Ban Johnson became the president of the league. Johnson led the Western League into major league status and soon became the president of the newly renamed American League, babe Ruth, noted as one of the most prolific hitters in Major League Baseball history, spent the majority of his career in the American League. The American League has one notable difference versus the National League, in 1902, the Milwaukee Brewers moved to St. Louis and were renamed the St. Louis Browns. In 1902, The Cleveland Bluebirds were also renamed the Cleveland Broncos, in 1903, the Broncos were renamed the Cleveland Naps. In 1915, the Naps were renamed the Cleveland Indians, in 1903, the Baltimore Orioles moved to New York and were renamed the New York Highlanders. In 1913, the Highlanders were renamed the New York Yankees, in 1904, the Chicago White Stockings were renamed the Chicago White Sox. In 1908, the Boston Americans were renamed the Boston Red Sox, in 1954, the St. Louis Browns moved to Baltimore and were renamed as the Baltimore Orioles. In 1955, the Philadelphia Athletics moved to Kansas City and were renamed as the Kansas City Athletics, in 1961, the league expanded and added two teams as the Los Angeles Angels and the Washington Senators, expanding the league to 10 teams. The original Senators team moved to Minneapolis/St, Paul in 1961 and were renamed as the Minnesota Twins. The Angels team name changed to the California Angels in 1966, then to the Anaheim Angels in 1997, the Kansas City Royals and the Seattle Pilots were added to the American League, expanding the league to 12 teams. In 1970, the Seattle Pilots moved to Milwaukee and were renamed the Milwaukee Brewers, in 1972, the Washington Senators relocated to the Dallas/Fort Worth area and were renamed the Texas Rangers. In 1977, the league expanded to fourteen teams, when the Seattle Mariners, in 1998, the Tampa Bay Rays was added to the American League and at the same time, the Milwaukee Brewers were switched to the National League, leaving the American League with 14 teams
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Boston
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Boston is the capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. Boston is also the seat of Suffolk County, although the county government was disbanded on July 1,1999. The city proper covers 48 square miles with a population of 667,137 in 2015, making it the largest city in New England. Alternately, as a Combined Statistical Area, this wider commuting region is home to some 8.1 million people, One of the oldest cities in the United States, Boston was founded on the Shawmut Peninsula in 1630 by Puritan settlers from England. It was the scene of several key events of the American Revolution, such as the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the Siege of Boston. Upon U. S. independence from Great Britain, it continued to be an important port and manufacturing hub as well as a center for education, through land reclamation and municipal annexation, Boston has expanded beyond the original peninsula. Its rich history attracts many tourists, with Faneuil Hall alone drawing over 20 million visitors per year, Bostons many firsts include the United States first public school, Boston Latin School, first subway system, the Tremont Street Subway, and first public park, Boston Common. Bostons economic base also includes finance, professional and business services, biotechnology, information technology, the city has one of the highest costs of living in the United States as it has undergone gentrification, though it remains high on world livability rankings. Bostons early European settlers had first called the area Trimountaine but later renamed it Boston after Boston, Lincolnshire, England, the renaming on September 7,1630 was by Puritan colonists from England who had moved over from Charlestown earlier that year in quest of fresh water. Their settlement was limited to the Shawmut Peninsula, at that time surrounded by the Massachusetts Bay and Charles River. The peninsula is thought to have been inhabited as early as 5000 BC, in 1629, the Massachusetts Bay Colonys first governor John Winthrop led the signing of the Cambridge Agreement, a key founding document of the city. Puritan ethics and their focus on education influenced its early history, over the next 130 years, the city participated in four French and Indian Wars, until the British defeated the French and their Indian allies in North America. Boston was the largest town in British America until Philadelphia grew larger in the mid-18th century, Bostons harbor activity was significantly curtailed by the Embargo Act of 1807 and the War of 1812. Foreign trade returned after these hostilities, but Bostons merchants had found alternatives for their investments in the interim. Manufacturing became an important component of the economy, and the citys industrial manufacturing overtook international trade in economic importance by the mid-19th century. Boston remained one of the nations largest manufacturing centers until the early 20th century, a network of small rivers bordering the city and connecting it to the surrounding region facilitated shipment of goods and led to a proliferation of mills and factories. Later, a network of railroads furthered the regions industry. Boston was a port of the Atlantic triangular slave trade in the New England colonies
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Massachusetts
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It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island to the south, New Hampshire and Vermont to the north, and New York to the west. The state is named for the Massachusett tribe, which inhabited the area. The capital of Massachusetts and the most populous city in New England is Boston, over 80% of Massachusetts population lives in the Greater Boston metropolitan area, a region influential upon American history, academia, and industry. Originally dependent on agriculture, fishing and trade, Massachusetts was transformed into a manufacturing center during the Industrial Revolution, during the 20th century, Massachusetts economy shifted from manufacturing to services. Modern Massachusetts is a leader in biotechnology, engineering, higher education, finance. Plymouth was the site of the first colony in New England, founded in 1620 by the Pilgrims, in 1692, the town of Salem and surrounding areas experienced one of Americas most infamous cases of mass hysteria, the Salem witch trials. In 1777, General Henry Knox founded the Springfield Armory, which during the Industrial Revolution catalyzed numerous important technological advances, in 1786, Shays Rebellion, a populist revolt led by disaffected American Revolutionary War veterans, influenced the United States Constitutional Convention. In the 18th century, the Protestant First Great Awakening, which swept the Atlantic World, in the late 18th century, Boston became known as the Cradle of Liberty for the agitation there that led to the American Revolution. The entire Commonwealth of Massachusetts has played a commercial and cultural role in the history of the United States. Before the American Civil War, Massachusetts was a center for the abolitionist, temperance, in the late 19th century, the sports of basketball and volleyball were invented in the western Massachusetts cities of Springfield and Holyoke, respectively. Many prominent American political dynasties have hailed from the state, including the Adams, both Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, also in Cambridge, have been ranked among the most highly regarded academic institutions in the world. Massachusetts public school students place among the top nations in the world in academic performance, the official name of the state is the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. While this designation is part of the official name, it has no practical implications. Massachusetts has the position and powers within the United States as other states. Massachusetts was originally inhabited by tribes of the Algonquian language family such as the Wampanoag, Narragansett, Nipmuc, Pocomtuc, Mahican, and Massachusett. While cultivation of crops like squash and corn supplemented their diets, villages consisted of lodges called wigwams as well as longhouses, and tribes were led by male or female elders known as sachems. Between 1617 and 1619, smallpox killed approximately 90% of the Massachusetts Bay Native Americans, the first English settlers in Massachusetts, the Pilgrims, arrived via the Mayflower at Plymouth in 1620, and developed friendly relations with the native Wampanoag people. This was the second successful permanent English colony in the part of North America that later became the United States, the event known as the First Thanksgiving was celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the New World which lasted for three days
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John I. Taylor
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John Irving Taylor owned the Boston Red Sox from 1904 until 1911. He was the son of General Charles H. Taylor, publisher of the Boston Globe and he purchased the team from Henry Killilea on April 19,1904, with his father Charles serving as a minority owner. In September 1911, the Taylors sold half of the stock in the team to Jimmy McAleer, mcRoy with McAleer taking over as team president. On December 21,1913, Joseph Lannin, Frank P. Cooper, on May 15,1914, Lannin bought out all of his partners and became sole owner of the Red Sox. In later years Taylor lived in Dedham, Massachusetts, and died after an illness on January 26,1938. He is interred with his wife Daisy in Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain, MA
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Patsy Donovan
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He batted.300 lifetime and set a major league record for career games in right field, as well as retiring among the career leaders in total games, assists and double plays as an outfielder. Born in Queenstown, County Cork, Donovan established himself as the most successful Irish-born major leaguer. He broke into organized baseball in 1886 with the Lawrence, Massachusetts team in the New England League.359 batting average, had 201 hits, scored 103 runs and his second season with the Tecumsehs was less successful due to a leg injury. Donovan starred with the Pirates from 1893 through 1899, notching six consecutive seasons batting.300 and he played for St. Louis from 1900–1903, sharing the league lead in stolen bases in his first season, also managing the team in his last three seasons with them. By the end of the 1903 season he ranked among the NLs top ten leaders in hits and at bats. His 64 career double plays in the NL ranked one behind Jimmy Ryans league record and he then served as player-manager for the American Leagues Washington Senators in 1904, his last season as a regular. In 1903, he broke Sam Thompsons major league record of 1401 games in right field, Willie Keeler passed him in 1906, before Donovan played his last several games and retired with a total of 1620. In 1906, he became manager of the Brooklyn Superbas, and made his last few playing appearances that year, along with one more game at the end of the 1907 season. In a 17-season playing career, Donovan had 2246 hits,1318 runs,16 home runs and 736 runs batted in in 1821 games, Donovan collected 302 stolen bases from 1890 to 1897, and 216 more after the statistic was revised to its modern definition in 1898. Donovan joined the Boston Red Sox as a scout in 1909, as a major league manager, he compiled a 684-879 record in 11 seasons. He was also instrumental in bringing Babe Ruth to the Sox in 1914 through his acquaintance with one of the Xaverian Brothers who coached Ruth at a Baltimore orphans home. Later he went to the International League, where he led Buffalo to pennants in 1915 and 1916 and he finished out his career coaching High School baseball at Phillips Academy in Andover, where he coached the future 41st President, George H. W. Bush. Donovan died at the age of 88 in Lawrence, Massachusetts on Christmas Day 1953, in the Irish Baseball League, the annual award for best batter is named The Patsy Donovan Batting Champion Award
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1912 Boston Red Sox season
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The 1912 Boston Red Sox season was the twelfth season in the franchises Major League Baseball history. This was the first year that the team played its games at Fenway Park. The Red Sox finished first in the American League with a record of 105 wins and 47 losses. The team set or tied records for most wins, fewest losses. The team then faced the National League champion New York Giants in the 1912 World Series, which the Red Sox won in eight games to capture the franchises second World Series. One of the plays in the World Series was a muffed fly ball by Giants outfielder Fred Snodgrass. Behind center fielder Tris Speaker and pitcher Smoky Joe Wood, the Red Sox led the league in runs scored, Speaker was third in batting and was voted league Most Valuable Player. Wood won 34 games, including a record 16 in a row, although the pitching staff was satisfactory, the only star pitcher was Wood, while the only star in the starting lineup was Speaker. Little-known third baseman Larry Gardner was the next best hitter, while future Hall of Famer Harry Hooper had a poor offensive season, the Red Sox made several transactions during the 1912 offseason. In February 1912, Rip Williams was sold to the New York Highlanders, the Red Sox sold two players to the Chicago White Sox during the offseason, Jack Fournier on February 6 and Eddie Cicotte on July 9. Later in the year, on November 25, Hugh Bradley was sold to the Jersey City Giants minor league team of the International League. The only purchase made by the Red Sox that offseason was their purchase of Neal Ball from the Cleveland Naps on June 25 for $2500, the new Red Sox home stadium, Fenway Park opened on April 20, the same day as Navin Field in Detroit opened. It was supposed to be opened on April 18 but it rained in both cities on that day, on April 26, Hugh Bradley became the first player to hit a home run over the Green Monster at Fenway Park. It was his home run of the 1912 season. On April 11,1912, the Red Sox defeated the New York Highlanders 5–3 in an away game, 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, the Red Sox won in 8 games 4–3, tying the Giants 6–6 in Game 2. AL Boston Red Sox vs. NL New York Giants 1912 Boston Red Sox at Baseball Reference 1912 Boston Red Sox season at Baseball Almanac
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Boston Red Sox
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The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball as a club of the American League East division. The Red Sox have won eight World Series championships and have played in 13, founded in 1901 as one of the American Leagues eight charter franchises, the Red Sox home ballpark has been Fenway Park since 1912. The Red Sox name was chosen by the owner, John I. Taylor, around 1908, following the lead of previous teams that had known as the Boston Red Stockings. Boston was a dominant team in the new league, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first World Series in 1903 and winning four more championships by 1918. Following their victory in the 2013 World Series, they became the first team to win three World Series trophies in the 21st century, including championships in 2004 and 2007. Red Sox history has also marked by the teams intense rivalry with the Yankees. The Boston Red Sox are owned by Fenway Sports Group, which owns the Liverpool F. C. of the Premier League in England. The Red Sox are consistently one of the top MLB teams in road attendance. From May 15,2003 to April 10,2013, the Red Sox sold out every home game—a total of 820 games for a professional sports record. Neil Diamonds Sweet Caroline has become an anthem for the Red Sox, the name Red Sox, chosen by owner John I. Taylor after the 1907 season, refers to the red hose in the team uniform beginning 1908. Sox had been adopted for the Chicago White Sox by newspapers needing a headline-friendly form of Stockings. The team name Red Sox had previously used as early as 1888 by a colored team from Norfolk. The Spanish language media sometimes refers to the team as Medias Rojas, the official Spanish site uses the variant Los Red Sox. The Red Stockings nickname was first used by a team by the Cincinnati Red Stockings. Managed by Harry Wright, Cincinnati adopted a uniform with white knickers and red stockings and earned the famous nickname, the Boston Red Stockings won four championships in the five seasons of the new National Association, the first professional league. Other names were used before Boston officially adopted the nickname Braves in 1912
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Major League Baseball
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Major League Baseball is a professional baseball organization, the oldest of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. A total of 30 teams now play in the National League and American League, the NL and AL operated as separate legal entities from 1876 and 1901 respectively. After cooperating but remaining legally separate entities since 1903, the merged into a single organization led by the Commissioner of Baseball in 2000. The organization also oversees Minor League Baseball, which comprises about 240 teams affiliated with the Major League clubs, with the World Baseball Softball Confederation, MLB manages the international World Baseball Classic tournament. Baseballs first professional team was founded in Cincinnati in 1869,30 years after Abner Doubleday supposedly invented the game of baseball, the first few decades of professional baseball were characterized by rivalries between leagues and by players who often jumped from one team or league to another. The period before 1920 in baseball was known as the dead-ball era, Baseball survived a conspiracy to fix the 1919 World Series, which came to be known as the Black Sox Scandal. The sport rose in popularity in the 1920s, and survived potential downturns during the Great Depression, shortly after the war, baseballs color barrier was broken by Jackie Robinson. The 1950s and 1960s were a time of expansion for the AL and NL, then new stadiums, Home runs dominated the game during the 1990s, and media reports began to discuss the use of anabolic steroids among Major League players in the mid-2000s. In 2006, an investigation produced the Mitchell Report, which implicated many players in the use of performance-enhancing substances, today, MLB is composed of thirty teams, twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada. Baseball broadcasts are aired on television, radio, and the Internet throughout North America, MLB has the highest season attendance of any sports league in the world with more than 73 million spectators in 2015. MLB is governed by the Major League Baseball Constitution and this document has undergone several incarnations since 1875, with the most recent revisions being made in 2012. Under the direction of the Commissioner of Baseball, MLB hires and maintains the sports umpiring crews, and negotiates marketing, labor, MLB maintains a unique, controlling relationship over the sport, including most aspects of Minor League Baseball. This ruling has been weakened only slightly in subsequent years, the weakened ruling granted more stability to the owners of teams and has resulted in values increasing at double-digit rates. There were several challenges to MLBs primacy in the sport between the 1870s and the Federal League in 1916, the last attempt at a new league was the aborted Continental League in 1960. The chief executive of MLB is the commissioner, Rob Manfred, the chief operating officer is Tony Petitti. There are five other executives, president, chief officer, chief legal officer, chief financial officer. The multimedia branch of MLB, which is based in Manhattan, is MLB Advanced Media and this branch oversees MLB. com and each of the 30 teams websites. Its charter states that MLB Advanced Media holds editorial independence from the league, MLB Productions is a similarly structured wing of the league, focusing on video and traditional broadcast media
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Fenway Park
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Fenway Park is a baseball park located in Boston, at 4 Yawkey Way near Kenmore Square. Since 1912, it has been the home for the Boston Red Sox and it is the oldest ballpark in MLB. It is the fourth-smallest among MLB ballparks by seating capacity, second-smallest by total capacity, Fenway has hosted the World Series ten times, with the Red Sox winning five of them, and the Boston Braves winning one. The first, in the inaugural season, was the 1912 World Series. April 20,2012, marked Fenway Parks centennial, on March 7 of that year, the park was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Former pitcher Bill Lee has called Fenway Park a shrine and it is a pending Boston Landmark which will regulate further changes to the park. Today, the park is considered to be one of the most well-known sports venues in the world, the Red Sox moved to Fenway Park from the old Huntington Avenue Grounds. In 1911, owner John I. Taylor purchased the land bordered by Brookline Avenue, Jersey Street, Van Ness Street and Lansdowne Street and developed it into a larger baseball stadium. However, given that Taylors family also owned the Fenway Realty Company, like many classic ballparks, Fenway Park was constructed on an asymmetrical block, with consequent asymmetry in its field dimensions. The General Contractor was the Charles Logue Building Company, the first game was played April 20,1912, with mayor John F. Fitzgerald throwing out the first pitch and Boston defeating the New York Highlanders, 7-6 in 11 innings. Newspaper coverage of the opening was overshadowed by continuing coverage of the Titanic sinking a few days earlier, Fenway Park has historically drawn low attendance, its lowest occurring late in the 1965 season with two games having paid attendance under 500 spectators. On Wednesday, June 17,2009, the park celebrated its 500th consecutive Red Sox sellout, according to WBZ-TV, the team joined three NBA teams which achieved 500 consecutive home sellouts. The sellout streak ended on April 11,2013, in all the Red Sox sold out 794 regular season games, the parks address was originally 24 Jersey Street. In 1977, the section of Jersey Street nearest the park was renamed Yawkey Way in honor of longtime Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey, and the parks address is now 4 Yawkey Way. Some of the include, In 1934, a hand-operated scoreboard was added, with what was then considered high-technology lights to indicate balls. The scoreboard is updated by hand today from behind the wall. The National League scores were removed in 1976, but restored in 2003, in 1946, upper deck seats were installed, Fenway Park is essentially the first double-tiered ballpark in Boston since the South End Grounds of the 1880s. In 1947, arc lights were installed at Fenway Park, the Boston Red Sox were the third-to-last team out of 16 major league teams to have lights in their home park
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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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Larry Gardner
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William Lawrence Larry Gardner was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. From 1908 through 1924, Gardner played for the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics, Gardner was born in Enosburg, Vermont and attended Enosburg High School. He began playing baseball in the Franklin County League and attended the University of Vermont where he played baseball for three years and he was the first player out of the University of Vermont to play in the American League. Gardner was signed by the Boston Red Sox as a free agent in 1908. He played most of his prime in the era, as the third baseman on several successful Red Sox teams. While he was with the Red Sox, he played in the 1912,1915, Gardner homered in consecutive games of the 16 Series, including a three-run inside-the-park homer in Game 4. He played in another World Series for the Indians in 1920, Gardner batted left-handed and threw right-handed. In his 17-season career, Larry Gardner posted a.289 batting average with 27 home runs and 929 RBI in 1922 games, Gardner was inducted into Vermonts Athletic Hall of Fame in 1969. After his retirement, he returned to the University of Vermont as a baseball coach, Gardner died on March 11,1976 in St. George, Vermont. He was cremated and the location of his ashes are unknown, in its December 27,1989 issue commemorating the millennium, Sports Illustrated named Gardner as one of the Top 50 Vermont athletes of the 20th Century. Gardner was inducted to the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2000, in 2012 Gardner was inducted into the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame
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Harry Hooper
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Harry Bartholomew Hooper was a Major League Baseball right fielder in the early 20th century. Hooper batted left-handed and threw right-handed, Hooper was born in Bell Station, California, and he graduated from St. Marys College of California. He played for league teams between 1909 and 1925, spending most of that time with the Boston Red Sox and finishing his career with the Chicago White Sox. Hooper was often known for his skills and he was among the league leaders in defensive categories such as putouts by a right fielder. During several seasons with Boston, he teamed up with Duffy Lewis and Tris Speaker to form one of the best outfield trios in baseball history, Hooper is also one of only two members of 4 separate Red Sox World Series championships. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971, Hooper was born on August 24,1887 in Bell Station, California. His family had migrated to California as many families from the United States due to the California Gold Rush. His father, Joseph Joe Hooper, was born in Morrell, Joe was the fourth child and second boy born to English-born William Hooper, Harrys grandfather, and his Portuguese wife Louisa. Harry was the youngest child in his family of four, having a sister named Lulu and older twin brothers named George. Hoopers mother, Mary Katherine, was from Frankfurt, Germany, Hoopers two older brothers had been forced to quit school early to work on the family farm, but Hooper showed an affinity for school, especially in math. One of Hoopers teachers helped to convince his parents to allow Hooper to attend a school in Oakland. After graduating from the school affiliated with Saint Marys College of California. While he had not been a student at Saint Marys. Hooper had been a pitcher when he signed with the Oakland Commuters in 1907 to begin his minor league career, in 41 games with Oakland, he hit for a.301 batting average in 156 at bats. He spent the year with the Sacramento Senators, hitting.344 in 77 games. His contract with Sacramento also provided him with work as a surveyor when he was not playing baseball. Hooper did not know it at first, but his manager in Sacramento, Graham helped to arrange a meeting between Hooper and Red Sox owner John I. Taylor. Hooper was signed to a $2,800 contract with Boston, breaking into the majors with the Red Sox in 1909, Hooper played in 81 games for the team and hit.282
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Tris Speaker
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Tristram Edgar Speaker, nicknamed The Grey Eagle, was an American baseball player. Considered one of the best offensive and defensive center fielders in the history of Major League Baseball and his 792 career doubles represent an MLB career record. His 3,514 hits are fifth in the all-time hits list, defensively, Speaker holds career records for assists, double plays, and unassisted double plays by an outfielder. His fielding glove was known as the place where triples go to die, after playing in the minor leagues in Texas and Arkansas, Speaker debuted with the Boston Red Sox in 1907. He became the center fielder by 1909 and led the Red Sox to World Series championships in 1912 and 1915. In 1915, Speakers batting average dropped to.322 from.338 the previous season, as player-manager for Cleveland, he led the team to its first World Series title. In ten of his seasons with Cleveland, he finished with a batting average greater than.350. Speaker resigned as Clevelands manager in 1926 after he and Ty Cobb faced game fixing allegations, during his managerial stint in Cleveland, Speaker introduced the platoon system in the major leagues. Speaker played with the Washington Senators in 1927 and the Philadelphia Athletics in 1928, then became a minor league manager and he later held several roles for the Cleveland Indians. Late in life, Speaker led a short-lived indoor baseball league, ran a liquor business, worked in sales. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937 and he was named 27th in the Sporting News 100 Greatest Baseball Players and was also included in the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. Speaker was born on April 4,1888, in Hubbard, Texas, to Archie, as a youth, Speaker broke his arm after he fell from a horse, the injury forced him to become left-handed. In 1905, Speaker played a year of baseball for Fort Worth Polytechnic Institute. He worked on a ranch before beginning his professional baseball career, Speakers abilities drew the interest of Doak Roberts, owner of the Cleburne Railroaders of the Texas League, in 1906. After losing several games as a pitcher, Speaker converted to outfielder to replace a Cleburne player who had struck in the head with a pitch. Speakers mother opposed his participation in the leagues, saying that they reminded her of slavery. Though she relented, for several years Mrs. Speaker questioned why her son had not stayed home and he performed well for the Texas Leagues Houston Buffaloes in 1907, but his mother stated that she would never allow him to go to the Boston Americans. Roberts sold the youngster to the Americans for $750 or $800, Speaker played in seven games for the Americans in 1907, with three hits in 19 at bats for a.158 average
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Duffy Lewis
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Lewis attended Saint Marys College of California. In Boston, Lewis belonged to the trio which included Tris Speaker. At bat, Lewis was a renowned line-drive hitter who consistently finished in the top ten in most offensive categories despite a career which was interrupted by World War I. In 11 seasons, Lewis batted.284 with 38 home runs,793 RBI,612 runs,1,518 hits,289 doubles,68 triples, and 113 stolen bases in 1,459 games. During his tenure in Boston patrolling left field, Fenway Park featured a ten-foot-high mound that formed an incline in front of the field wall. The young outfielder mastered the incline to such an extent that it was nicknamed Duffys Cliff, sports cartoons of the period often depicted him as a mountain climber making catches amid sheep and snowcaps. The mound was reduced in 1934, long after Lewis had left the Sox. Duffy Lewis died in Salem, New Hampshire at 91 years of age and he was selected to the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2002. Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference BaseballLibrary Best outfield ever, - The Baseball Page Duffy Lewis at Find a Grave
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Heinie Wagner
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Charles Francis Heinie Wagner was an American baseball player and manager. He played shortstop for the New York Giants and the Boston Red Sox and he was also the manager of the Red Sox during the 1930 baseball season. Wagner was born in Harlem, New York, in September 1880 and he began his baseball career playing for the Waverly Club in the New York State League in 1901. In 1902, he began the season playing for Columbus in the American Association and he spent the remainder of the 1902 season with the Newark Sailors and continued to play for the Eastern League team through 1906. In 1906, Wagner joined the Boston Red Sox and he played for the Red Sox from 1906 to 1918, missing only the 1914 and 1917 seasons. He was the captain of Bostons 1912 World Series championship team and he also played for the Red Sox World Series championship teams in 1915,1916 and 1918. Wagner and Harry Hooper were the players to play on all four of the Red Sox World Series championship teams of the era. Wagner was considered to be a valuable infielder while playing with the Red Sox and was reputed to have an exceptionally powerful and he was also known to block the basepaths with his exceptionally big feet. With 141 career stolen bases for the Red Sox, Wagner ranked third in history when he retired. After being released by the Red Sox in January 1916, Wagner served as the player-manager of the Hartford team in the Eastern League for the first part of the 1916 season and he returned to the Red Sox in late June 1916. In 1920, Wagner closed out his career as the player-manager of the Norfolk Mary Janes in the Virginia League. After seven years out of baseball, Wagner was hired as a coach for the Boston Red Sox under Bill Carrigan and he was reported to be Carrigans right-hand man during the 1928,1929, and 1930 seasons. In 1930, he was hired as manager of the Red Sox after Carrigan retired, in Wagners sole season as manager, the Red Sox finished last in the American League with a 52–102 record. On September 29,1930, Wagners resignation as manager of the Red Sox was accepted by team president Bob Quinn, after retiring from baseball, Wagner worked as the superintendent of a lumber yard in New Rochelle, New York. He also coached the teams of the New Rochelle Police and Fire Departments. Wagner was married to Martha Hahn Wagner and they had two sons and four daughters. In March 1943, Wagner died of a heart ailment at his home on Van Guilder Avenue in New Rochelle at age 62, career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference SABR biography
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Rip Williams
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Alva Mitchell Rip Williams was a reserve infielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly as a catcher or first baseman for three different teams between the 1911 and 1918 seasons. Listed at 5 ft 11.5 in,187 lb. Williams batted and he was born in Carthage, Illinois. His most productive came in 1911 with Boston, when he posted career-numbers in games, runs, RBI. He also hit a career-high.318 in 61 games for the 1912 Senators. In a seven-season career, Williams was a.265 hitter with two runs and 145 RBI in 498 games, including 111 runs,51 doubles,23 triples,27 stolen bases. He made 364 fielding appearances as a catcher, first baseman, right fielder, third baseman, Williams died at the age of 51 in Keokuk, Iowa. Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference Retrosheet
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Clyde Engle
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Arthur Clyde Hack Engle was a utility player who played in Major League Baseball between 1909 and 1916. Listed at 510,190 lb. Engle batted and threw right-handed and he was born in Dayton, Ohio. Engle was a sort of super-utility man at all positions but pitcher and catcher, playing mainly at first base and he entered the majors in 1909 with the New York Highlanders of the American League, playing for them one and a half seasons before joining the Boston Red Sox. In his rookie year for New York, he hit a.278 batting average with a career-highs of 20 doubles and 71 RBI in 135 games and his most productive season came with Boston in 1913, when he posted career-numbers in average, runs, triples and stolen bases. He was also a member of the Boston Red Sox 1912 World Series champion team which defeated the New York Giants in eight games. In an eight-season career, Engle was a.265 hitter with 12 home runs and 318 RBI in 836 games, including 373 runs,101 doubles,39 triples,128 stolen bases, and a.335 on-base percentage. He made 748 appearances as a fielder at first base, third base, left field, center field, second base, right field, Engle died in Boston, Massachusetts at age 55. Engle will be known forever as the man who hit the ball that Fred Snodgrass missed in the eight, the Series lasted eight games, due to a 6–6 tie in Game 2 when the game was called by darkness after 11 innings. Engle had appeared twice before during the Series in pinch-hitting duties, in Game 6, he hit a two-run RBI double off Giants pitcher Rube Marquard that scored Bostons only runs in a 5–2 losing effort. The decisive Game 8 at Fenway Park faced Joe Wood for Boston and Christy Mathewson for the New York Giants, the Red Sox started its half and manager Jake Stahl sent Engle to pinch-hit for pitcher Wood. Then, he hit a fly ball off Mathewson that came toward CF Snodgrass, Snodgrass made a fine catch on the next batter, Harry Hooper, but Mathewson walked Steve Yerkes, gave a single to Tris Speaker, and Engle went on to score the tying run. Another walk to Duffy Lewis and a fly by Larry Gardner scored Yerkes with the winning run to give Boston the game. Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference
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Smoky Joe Wood
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Howard Ellsworth Smoky Joe Wood was a professional baseball player for 14 years. He played for the Boston Red Sox from 1908 to 1915, where he was primarily a pitcher, and for the Cleveland Indians from 1917 to 1922, Wood is one of only 13 pitchers to win 30 or more games in one season since 1900. Smoky Joe played his first amateur baseball for the local teams in Ouray. Though a native of Ness County, Kansas, Wood made his debut with the mostly-female Bloomer Girls. There were many such teams across the country, which barnstormed in exhibition games against teams of men, Bloomer Girl rosters featured at least one male player. Red Sox star Ted Williams, as a guest on the Bill Sterns Sports Newsreel radio program in 1950, the story ended, The pitcher Im talking about was the immortal Smoky Joe Wood. A pitcher who can never be forgotten even though he did get his start posing as a girl, Wood once struck out 23 batters in an exhibition game. He earned the nickname Smoky Joe because of his blazing fastball, Wood recounted in the seminal book The Glory of Their Times, I threw so hard I thought my arm would fly right off my body. A story that gained common parlance was that legendary fastballer and pitching contemporary Walter Johnson once said, listen, my friend, theres no man alive can throw harder than Smoky Joe Wood. But in the Johnson Biography by his Grandson Baseballs Big Train, this statement was traced to-a descendent of Smoky Joe, but reminded of Johnsons supposed assessment 60 years later, Wood said, Oh, I dont think there was ever anybody faster than Walter. Though Johnson, whether being as usual self-effacing or literal, did say Wood could throw as hard as him for 2 or 3 innings, but his delivery put much strain on his arm. Johnson had a speed 6.1 MPH faster than anyone measured with the photo-electric system, Woods best season came in 1912, in which he won 34 games while losing only 5, had an ERA of 1.91 and struck out 258. Since 1900, pitchers have won 30 or more games only 21 times and he also tied Walter Johnsons record for consecutive victories with 16. On September 6,1912, Wood faced off against Johnson in a duel at Fenway Park. At the time, Wood had a 13-game winning streak and Johnson had recently had his own American League record 16-game winning streak snapped. The papers of the time hyped the matchup like a prize fight. Meanwhile, Wood gave up two hits and no runs and the Red Sox prevailed, 1–0. Equally compelling in drama, Woods Red Sox faced John McGraws New York Giants in the historic 1912 World Series, after slugging it out in seven close games, the teams met for the deciding game eight at Fenway with future Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson starting for the Giants
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Jack Bushelman
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John Francis Bushelman was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox. Bushelman attended the University of Cincinnati and he started his professional baseball career in 1906 in Winnipeg and made his major league debut late in the 1909 season. He pitched a game but lost. From 1910 to 1914, Bushelman pitched mostly in the New England League and he played in six games for the Red Sox as well, but he did not distinguish himself enough to stick in the majors. In total, Bushelman posted a 1–2 record in 26.2 innings pitched in the major leagues, in 1913, he led the NENL in wins, with 26. He retired after the 1915 season, career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference Jack Bushelman at Find a Grave
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Eddie Cicotte
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Edward Victor Cicotte, nicknamed Knuckles, was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball best known for his time with the Chicago White Sox. The fixing of the 1919 World Series is the only recognized gambling scandal to tarnish a World Series, Cicotte was the son of Ambrose Cicotte and Archange Mary Drouillard, both of mainly French-Canadian extraction. His fathers early death is said to have pushed Cicotte to excel and he married Rose Ellen Freer, daughter of Russell John Freer and Annie Cecile Thornton, both of whom would later live with the Cicottes. At the time of his ban, he was considered one of the premier pitchers in the American League. A Detroit native, Cicotte played baseball in Georgia in 1905, both players were purchased by the Tigers, and Cicotte made his big-league debut on September 3,1905. Pitching in three games for Detroit, Cicotte compiled a 1–1 record with a 3.50 earned run average, Cicotte didnt return to the major leagues again until 1908, when he resurfaced with the Red Sox. After he compiled a 41–48 record in a Boston uniform, the Red Sox sold him to the White Sox on July 22,1912, Cicotte celebrated a breakout year in 1913, going 18–12 on the season with an ERA of 1.58. He led the league in winning percentage in 1916, but his best year was 1917, when he won 28 games and led the league in wins, ERA, on April 14 he threw a no hitter against the St. Louis Browns. That year, the White Sox went to the World Series, Cicotte won Game 1, lost Game 3, and pitched six innings of relief in Game 5 for a no-decision. His 1919 salary was $6,000, but he had a provision for a $10,000 bonus if he won 30 games. Legend has it that as the season drew to a close, owner Charles Comiskey ordered manager Kid Gleason to bench Cicotte for 5 games, denying him a chance at a 30-win season and the bonus money. In the 1919 World Series against the Reds, Cicotte pitched in three games, winning one but pitching ineffectively and losing the other two, Cicotte was the first of the eight players to come forward, signing a confession and a waiver of immunity. He later recanted this confession and was acquitted of all charges at trial by jury, after being banned from playing baseball, Cicotte returned to Livonia, Michigan. He managed a station, served as a game warden in the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, then went to work for Ford Motor Company. Cicotte lived to be 84 years old and he was a strawberry farmer on a 5. 5-acre farm near Farmington until his death at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit on May 5,1969. In the 1988 film Eight Men Out, about the Black Sox scandal and he was portrayed by actor Steve Eastin in the 1989 film Field of Dreams. Cicottes grandnephew Al Cicotte later pitched in the leagues, compiling a lifetime 10–13 record with six teams between 1957 and 1962
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Ray Collins (baseball)
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Ray Williston Collins was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Boston Red Sox. A native of Colchester, Vermont, Collins batted and threw left-handed and he debuted on July 19,1909, and played his final game on October 7,1915. In a seven-season career, Collins posted an 84–62 record with 511 strikeouts, a graduate of the University of Vermont, Collins was a good-hitting pitcher and an outstanding fielder, but the key to his success was his remarkable control. He consistently ranked among the American League leaders in fewest walks allowed per nine innings, finishing third in the league in 1912, second in 1913 and fourth in 1914. He also averaged 16 wins from 1910 to 1914, including a combined 39 wins in 1913–14, Collins became a regular in Boston rotation in 1910. In his first full season, he pitched a one-hitter against the Chicago White Sox and compiled a 13–11 record, making him the second-winningest pitcher on the Red Sox behind Eddie Cicotte. He did not start a game until early June, but won two games in three days over the Philadelphia Athletics at Shibe Park, 7–3 on July 3 and 5–3 on July 5. Collins finished fifth in the AL with four shutouts, by all of them came in the half of the season. He compiled a 13–8 mark and his ERA stood at 2.53, the only left-hander in Boston rotation, Collins was considered the second-best on the pitching staff behind Smoky Joe Wood as the Red Sox clinched the American League pennant. Collins started Game Two of the World Series against Christy Mathewson and he led 4–2 after seven innings and was pulled in the eight with only one out after the Giants rallied for three runs. The game was called on account of darkness after 11 innings with the score tied 6–6, Collins was supposed to start again in Game Six, but Red Sox manager Jake Stahl opted by Buck OBrien, coming off a 20–13 season. The Giants shelled him for five runs in the first inning, then, Collins relieved in the second and pitched shutout ball for seven innings in a 5–2 lost cause. Collins enjoyed his best season yet in 1913, finishing at 19–8, in the midseason, he pitched a four-hit, 9–0 shutout and hit a home run St. Louis Browns on July 9. Later, on July 26, he pitched a five-hitter and hit a triple to give Boston a 4–1 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Collins also faced great Walter Johnson and the Washington Senators three times that season, each game finished 1–0, with Collins winning two of them, including scoreless ball for 11 innings on August 29. Collins became the ace of Boston pitching staff in 1914 with a 20–13 record and his six shutouts ranked him fourth in the American League that season, and he was one of only three pitchers in the league to reach the 20-win plateau, joining Walter Johnson and Stan Coveleski. In 1915, the Red Sox were in the position of having too many good pitchers, Rube Foster, Ernie Shore, Dutch Leonard. Then Collins was relegated to the bullpen, starting only nine games, the fewest since his rookie year, Collins finished with a 4–7 record and a 4.30 ERA in 25 pitching appearances
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Casey Hageman
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Kurt Moritz Casey Hageman was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between 1911 and 1914 for the Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs. A native of Mount Oliver, Pennsylvania, he was signed by the Red Sox out of Geneva College, while pitching for the Grand Rapids Stags of the Ohio State League, Hageman fatally beaned Dayton Veterans second baseman Charles Cupid Pinkney on September 14,1909. Hageman died in New Bedford, Pennsylvania, at age 76, career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference
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Charley Hall
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Charles Louis Hall was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals and he pitched in 118 games totalling 909.7 innings. He had 427 strikeouts, a 3.09 earned run average, as far as the Sea Lion name, the only thing I ever heard was, he had the voice of a walrus. – Historian Ed Walton He is buried at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park in Ventura, elmer Koestners single is the only hit. 1911- 1st in league in Saves-4 3rd in league in Games finished-18 1912- 6th in league in Won-Loss %-, spitballer Bucky OBrien and Sea Lion Hall top Jumbo Jim Vaughn, handing the Yankees their 6th straight loss. World series record- 2nd game 8th-10th inning, 7th game 2nd-9th innings Pitched in 2 games,10.2 innings,3.38 ERA, threw 6 runs,1 strikeouts and walked 9. 1913- 1st in league in Games Finished-22 Charley Hall Statistics Baseball-Reference. com Traded by St Paul with Ed Karger to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Charlie Chech, Jack Ryan, list of Major League Baseball annual saves leaders baseball reference baseball library baseball almanac
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Ed Karger
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Edwin Karger was a pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1906 to 1911. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, Karger finished his career with a 48–67 win–loss record and a 2.79 earned run average. On August 11,1907 in a game against the Boston Braves, list of St. Louis Cardinals team records Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference
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Buck O'Brien
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Thomas Joseph Buck OBrien was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox. OBrien got a start in professional baseball. However, as a spitballer, he did have success for a few years. In 1910, when he was 28 years old, he went 20–10 for Hartford of the Connecticut State League, in 1911, he was 26–7 for the Western Leagues Denver Grizzlies, leading the league in winning percentage and strikeouts. The Grizzlies won 111 games en route to the league championship, in September of that year, OBrien made his major league debut with the Red Sox and went 5–1 with a 0.38 earned run average. The next season, he was in the rotation, including the first game ever played at Fenway Park on April 20,1912. In 34 starts and 275 innings pitched, OBrien won 20 games with a 2.58 ERA and 115 strikeouts, the Red Sox went 105–47 to win the AL pennant. OBrien started Game 3 of the 1912 World Series against the New York Giants, Boston eventually took a 3–1 series lead, with ace pitcher Smokey Joe Wood slated to start Game 6. However, club owner Jimmy McAleer wanted the series to go back to Boston so he could get the gate receipts, Buck, not knowing that he was going to pitch, was hungover the day of the game. He gave up three earned runs in the first inning, and Boston lost, despite this, the Red Sox ended up defeating the Giants. By the next season, hitters seemed to have OBriens spitball figured out and he went 4–9 before being sold to the White Sox, and just one year after winning 20 games, his major league career ended. OBrien died in Boston at age 77, Buck had five sons, Thomas Buck O’Brien, Billy O’Brien who was killed in the Battle of the Bulge, Robert O’Brien, Francis, and John O’Brien. He also had three daughters Rose Moran, Marguerite O’Brien, and Joan Murray. John O’Brien had six children, Jacqueline Levangie, Kathleen Johnson, Joseph O’Brien, GiGi Green, John O’Brien, and Thomas J. O’Brien Rose Moran had four children, Billy, Brian, Maureen, Joan Murray had three, Peter, Steven, and Christine. Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
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Larry Pape
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Laurence Albert Pape was a pitcher in Major League who played his entire career for the Boston Red Sox between the 1909 and 1912 seasons. Listed at 5 ft 11 in,175 lb. Pape batted and he was born in Norwood, Ohio. Pape began his career with independent teams in a suburb of Cincinnati. He entered the majors in 1909 with the Red Sox, going 2–0 with a 2.01 ERA and he was demoted to Brockton a year later, being recalled in 1911 to join a Boston rotation that included Smoky Joe Wood, Ed Cicotte and Ray Collins. Pape responded with a 10–8 mark and a 2.45 ERA and he also was a member of the 1912 American League champion Red Sox, although he did not play in the World Series. The 1913 Reach Guide describes him as being used mainly as a pitcher for the 1912 champions. Despite not playing in the World Series, Pape was honored as a champion at the post-victory celebrations. In a three-season career, Pape posted a 13–9 record with 84 strikeouts, sportswriter Joe S. Jackson wrote an article in the Washington Post about the injustice of the situation, as Pape would have earned more if he went to the Reds. Pape never played for the Bisons, and quit baseball when the Bisons were going to him to a Canadian team. He did not pitch at all in 1913, and was sold to the Portland Beavers after the season for $2000 and he pitched ineffectively in nine games for the Beavers and was released during the season. Pape died on his 33rd birthday in Swissvale, Pennsylvania and his death was reported as being due to complications from an old baseball injury in which he was hit by a ball in the stomach. However, the cause of death listed on his certificate was glandular cancer. Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference Retrosheet The Deadball Era Larry Pape at Find a Grave
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Charlie Smith (pitcher)
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Charles Edwin Smith was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1902 through 1914 for the Cleveland Bronchos, Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs. Listed at 6 ft 1 in,185 pounds, Smith batted and he was born in Cleveland, Ohio. His older brother, Fred Smith, was an infielder in the majors, Smith always was a bad-luck pitcher either due to injury or playing on a bad baseball team. He had a debut for Cleveland on August 6,1902, defeating future Hall of Famer Rube Waddell. Then, working two days rest, he shut out the Baltimore Orioles, 7–0, ending his rookie season with a 2–1 record in three starts. He spent three years in the minors before joining the Senators in 1906, in three seasons for Washington, he posted ERAs of 2.91,2.61 and 2.41, but finished with negative records of 9–16, 10–20 and 6–12. In 1909 he went 6–12 with a 3.27 ERA for Washington, in three starts for Boston he went 3–0 with a 2.16 ERA, and resurfaced in 1910 going 11–6 with a 2.30 ERA. While pitching for the Cubs, he led the National League with six wins in 1912. In a 10-year career, Smith posted a 66–87 record with a 2.81 ERA in 212 appearances, including 148 starts,87 complete games,10 shutouts, a fine control pitcher, he collected a 1.62 strikeout-to-walk ratio. Smith died at the age of 48 in Wickliffe, Ohio, Baseball Reference Retrosheet 1902 Cleveland Bronchos season
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Frank Smith (1900s pitcher)
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Frank Elmer Smith was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1904 to 1915. He played for the Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Terrapins, nicknamed Piano Mover because that was his offseason job, Smith was a mainstay of the White Sox pitching staff during the early 20th century. He pitched two no-hitters and won over 20 games in two different seasons and he stood at 510 and weighed 194 lbs. Smith was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After attending Grove City College, he started his baseball career in 1901 in the Virginia-North Carolina League. In 1903, he went 18–13 on the mound and he was drafted by the White Sox in September. Smith made his league debut in April 1904. That season, he was taught how to throw a spitball by Elmer Stricklett and was able to harness the pitch on his way to 16 wins, in 1905, he improved to 19 wins. Smith threw his first no-hitter, against the Detroit Tigers, on September 6, Smith did not allow a home run in either 1904 or 1905 and kept his earned run average under 2.20 in both seasons, as well. The Piano Mover slumped in 1906, going just 5–5 with a 3.39 ERA, the White Sox won the World Series that year, but Smith did not pitch in the six games. The next season, he bounced back with 23 wins, although his ERA+ was below 100 and he then lowered his ERA to 2.03 in 1908. On September 20, he pitched his second no-hitter, this time against the Philadelphia Athletics and he won the game 1–0 when Chicago scored the only run in the bottom of the ninth inning. Smith was the pitcher in team history to throw two no-hitters before Mark Buehrle accomplished the feat over 100 years later. Smith had his best statistical season in 1909, finally the White Sox staff ace, he pitched a career-high 365 innings and went 25–17 with a 1.80 ERA. He led all AL pitchers in games started, innings pitched, and strikeouts, in 1910, Smith started off 4–9 and was traded to the Red Sox in August. He was then sold to the Reds in 1911, Smith spent 1912 and 1913 in the International League and led the league in innings pitched in 1913 while winning 21 games. He finished his career with two seasons in the Federal League, after his baseball career ended, Smith went back to the moving business. He died in 1952, of Brights disease, and was survived by his wife and son
