Joe Kelley Essentials Positions: Leftfielder and First BasemanBats: R Throws: RWeight: 190Born: December 9, 1871 in Cambridge, MA USADied: August 14, 1943 in Baltimore, MD USADebut: July 27, 1891Last Game: October 3, 1908Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1971. (Voted by Veteran’s Committee)View Joe Kelley’s Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos,…
1871 – Joseph Jerome (Joe) McGinnity is born in Cornwall Township, Henry County, Illinois. A right-handed pitcher, McGinnity will gain notoriety by winning both ends of doubleheaders, and in 1903, he will pull off the feat three times in a single month, winning all six games. In a ten-season major league career, he will amass 246 wins, including 31 in 1903, 35 in 1904, and seven seasons with 20-plus wins. McGinnity will be elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1946.
The first rain out involving a professional baseball team occurs when heavy rain postpones the Red Stockings’ tune up game against the Antioch Nine, a Yellow Springs, Ohio college team. Aaron B. Champion, Cincinnati’s owner, had been a student at the school in the 1850s.
The Cincinnati Red Stockings defeat the rival Amateurs, 24-15, in baseball’s first professional game. Team captain Harry Wright had put all of his players under contract, making the club, that will become known as the Reds, the first pro team in sports history.
Ed Delahanty Positions: Leftfielder, First Baseman and Second BasemanBats: Right • Throws: Right6-1, 170lb (185cm, 77kg)Born: October 30, 1867 in Cleveland, OHDied: July 2, 1903 in Niagara Falls, CanadaBuried: Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OHDebut: May 22, 1888 (1,269th in MLB history)Last Game: June 25, 1903 Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1945. (Voted by Old Timers Committee)No induction ceremony in Cooperstown held (until 2013).View Ed Delahanty’s Page at the Baseball Hall of…
Cy Young Essentials Positions: Pitcher Bats: R Throws: RWeight: 210Born: March 29, 1867 in Gilmore, OH USADied: November 4, 1955 in Newcomerstown, OH USADebut: August 6, 1890Last Game: October 6, 1911Hall of Fame: Inducted as a Player in 1937 by BBWAAFull Name: Denton True Young Players Who Debuted Same Year Coming Soon All-Time Teammate…
Bobby Lowe Essentials Positions: Bats: R Throws: R 70 Weight: 150 Born: 7 10, 1865 in Pittsburgh, PA USA Died: 12 8 1951 in Detroit, MI USA Debut: 1890-04-19 Last Game: 10/6/1907 Full Name: Robert Lincoln Lowe “The crowd saw some of the finest hitting ever seen in this country,” reported The Boston Globe…
Wilbert Robinson Position: Catcher Bats: Right • Throws: Right 5-8, 215lb (173cm, 97kg) Born: June 29, 1864 in Bolton, MA us Died: August 8, 1934 in Atlanta, GA Buried: New Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, MD Debut: 1886 (1,095th in major league history) Last Game: September 29, 1902 Hall of Fame: Inducted as Manager in 1945. (Voted by Old Timers Committee) No induction ceremony in Cooperstown held (until 2013). Full Name: Wilbert Robinson Nicknames: Uncle Robbie Relatives:…
1862 – A crowd of 40,000 watches two teams of imprisoned Union Army soldiers play baseball at Hilton Head, South Carolina. Civil War historians are debating the actual size of the crowd.
1860 – Sam Thompson is born in Danville, Indiana. An outstanding slugger and a fine right fielder in the deadball era, Thompson will collect 200 or more hits three times, finishing his 15-season major league career with a lifetime mark of .336, 126 home runs, and 1299 RBI, including a batting crown (1887) and two home run titles (1889 and 1895). Thompson will be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1974.
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