Lou Bierbauer Stats & Facts
Lou Bierbauer Essentials Positions: Bats: L Throws: R 68 Weight: 140 Born: 9 28, 1865 in Erie, PA USA Died: 1 31 1926 in Erie, PA USA Debut: 1886-04-17 Last Game: 1898-04-30 Full Name: Louis W. Bierbauer
Denny Lyons never touches second and scores the winning run in the 9th inning to lead Pittsburgh to a 7 â 6 win over Washington
On June 20, 1894, Denny Lyons scores the winning run in the 9th inning to lead Pittsburgh to a 7 â 6 win over Louisville. Lyons gets into scoring position by running from first base to third base â across the pitcherâs mound â on a fielderâs choice by Jack Glasscock. The umpire does notâŠ
American Association owners dismiss league President Allen W. Thurman and replace him with Louis Kramer of Cincinnati
1891 â American Association owners dismiss league President Allen W. Thurman and replace him with Louis Kramer of Cincinnati. The owners also denounce the National Agreement, launching a new war with the rival National League. The owners are unhappy with Thurmanâs decision in the Lou Bierbauer case. In his capacity as Chairman of the National Board of Control which decides disputes under the National Agreement, he ruled that the AAâs Philadelphia Athletics no longer had reserve rights over Bierbauer, who jumped from the Athletics to the Players League in 1890, and then refused to return to his old team after the Players League folded.
The Birth of the Pirates: A Legacy Forged in Dispute
The National Board of Control âreluctantlyâ awards 3 disputed players (Lou Bierbauerâ Harry Stoveyâ and Connie Mack) to the NL clubs that signed them despite the prior claims of the AA. Philadelphia (AA)â assumed that with the disbanding of the Players Leagueâ Lou Bierbauer would return to play with them. They call the signing of the 2B by Pittsburgh a Piraticalâ moveâ and the nickname âPiratesâ will stick.
Harry Stoveyâ who played with the Aâs in 1899â and like Lou Bierbauerâ was not claimed by that club through a clerical errorâ signs with the Boston NL club for 1891.
Harry Stoveyâ who played with the Aâs in 1899â and like Lou Bierbauerâ was not claimed by that club through a clerical errorâ signs with the Boston NL club for 1891.
