Nathaniel Woodhull Hicks was an American professional baseball player. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball for six seasons, two in the National League. Hicks was one of the first catchers
Robert Vavasour Ferguson, spuriously nicknamed "Death to Flying Things", was an American infielder, league official, manager and umpire in the early days of baseball, playing both before and after bas
Nat Hicks
…the field and at the bat. He played in only 28 games and shared the catching duties that season with Dick Higham and Doug Allison. On July 24, 1873, Bob Ferguson of the Brooklyn Atlantics was the umpire in a game between the New York Mutuals and the Baltimore Canaries which ended with the Mutuals scoring 3 runs…