Billy Sunday Essentials Positions: Bats: L Throws: R Weight: 160 Born: 11 19, 1862 in Ames, IA USA Died: 11 6 1935 in Chicago, IL USA Debut: 1883-05-22 Last Game: 1890-10-04 Full Name: William Ashley Sunday At the height of his career, the fleet-footed Sunday (who had just stolen 84 bases in 1890) quit baseball…
On November 6, 1935, famed evangelist and former major leaguer Billy Sunday dies at the age of 72. Sunday played in the National League from 1883 to 1890, spending time with Chicago, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. The only other major league player whose last name was Sunday through 2006, Art Sunday, also played in…
The roster of the 1885 Chicago White Stockings (known today as the Chicago Cubs) Top row, left to right: George Gore, Silver Flint, Cap Anson, Sy Sutcliffe, King Kelly, Fred Pfeffer Bottom row, left to right: Larry Corcoran, Ned Williamson, Abner Dalrymple, Tom Burns, John Clarkson, Billy Sunday
7/12/1884: Billy Sunday homered in the eighth inning for the Chicago White Stockings at Detroit. However, he failed to touch second and was called out.
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