Ned Williamson Essentials

Positions: Third Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right  •  Throws: Right 5-11, 210lb (180cm, 95kg)

Born: October 24, 1857 in Philadelphia, PA

Died: March 3, 1894  in Mountain Valley Springs, AR

Buried: Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL

Debut: May 1, 1878 (374th in major league history)

Last Game: September 27, 1890

Full Name: Edward Nagle Williamson

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Notable Events and Chronology 

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April 1, 1885

1885 Chicago White Stockings

October 22, 1886

The Unconventional Pitching Duel of 1886 World Series Game 5

January 12, 1888

1888 Chicago White Stockings

April 1, 1888

1888 Chicago White Stockings baseball team

October 1, 1889

local retailers distributed discount coupons that blended the design of paper money with images of popular baseball teams to help advertise their establishments.

November 8, 1894

King Kelly, probably the most popular baseball player of the 19th century, dies of pneumonia in Boston, MA.

January 10, 1918

Cap Anson picks his all-time team

September 20, 1919

On Babe Ruth day at Fenway Park the Bambino ties Ned Williamson’s major league mark of 27 home runs in a season

September 24, 1919

Babe Ruth breaks Ned Williamson’s single season homerun record with his 28th

July 28, 1922

Rogers Hornsby ties the National League single-season home run record with his 27th

Biography

Cap Anson called Williamson “the greatest all-around ballplayer the country ever saw.” Williamson led National League third basemen or shortstops in assists seven times, double plays six times, fielding average four times, and putouts twice. Though an unremarkable hitter, he used the short rightfield fence in Chicago’s Lake Front Park to set a major league record for doubles, with 49 in 1883, when balls hit over that fence counted for only two bases. In 1884, when the ground rules were changed, he set a ML home run record with an unprecedented 27, nearly doubling the record of 14 set the previous year. The record stood until Babe Ruth hit 29 in 1919. 

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