Charles Knepper (February 18,1871 –February 6,1946) was an American professional baseball player who played as a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He threw and batted right-handed.
Knepper spent just one season in the majors,pitching for the 1899 Cleveland Spiders,a notoriously futile team that set a major league record by losing 134 games. Knepper was one of that team's primary starting pitchers,and he tied Jim Hughey for the team lead with four wins. He also ranked among the National League's leaders in several undesirable pitching categories,including home runs allowed (second,with 11),losses (fourth,with 22),earned runs allowed (seventh,with 141),and wild pitches (tenth,with eight).
Knepper was notoriously slow afoot. During a game on June 24,1899,he hit a double,and the next day The Plain Dealer's game recap stated that "a hay wagon drawn by lame horses could have reached third,but Knepper is no hay wagon and had no lame horses to assist him". [1]
Denton True "Cy" Young was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. Born in Gilmore,Ohio,he worked on his family's farm as a youth before starting his professional baseball career. Young entered the major leagues in 1890 with the National League's Cleveland Spiders and pitched for them until 1898. He was then transferred to the St. Louis Cardinals franchise. In 1901,Young jumped to the American League and played for the Boston Red Sox franchise until 1908,helping them win the 1903 World Series. He finished his career with the Cleveland Naps and Boston Rustlers,retiring in 1911.
Charles Gardner Radbourn,nicknamed "Old Hoss",was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for Buffalo (1880),Providence (1881–1885),Boston (1886–1889),Boston (1890),and Cincinnati (1891).
John Dwight Chesbro was an American professional baseball pitcher. Nicknamed "Happy Jack",Chesbro played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1899–1902),the New York Highlanders (1903–1909),and the Boston Red Sox (1909) of Major League Baseball (MLB). Chesbro finished his career with a 198–132 win–loss record,a 2.68 earned run average,and 1,265 strikeouts. His 41 wins during the 1904 season remains an American League record. Though some pitchers have won more games in some seasons prior to 1901,historians demarcating 1901 as the beginning of 'modern-era' major league baseball refer to and credit Jack Chesbro and his 1904 win-total as the modern era major league record and its holder. Some view Chesbro's 41 wins in a season as an unbreakable record.
John Gibson Clarkson was an American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played from 1882 to 1894. Born in Cambridge,Massachusetts,Clarkson played for the Worcester Ruby Legs (1882),Chicago White Stockings (1884–1887),Boston Beaneaters (1888–1892),and Cleveland Spiders (1892–1894). Clarkson pitched the first known immaculate inning in MLB history on June 4,1889 vs the Philadelphia Quakers in the 3rd inning.
Wesley Cheek Ferrell was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball from 1927 through 1941. Primarily a starting pitcher,Ferrell played for the Cleveland Indians (1927–33),Boston Red Sox (1934–37),Washington Senators (1937–38),New York Yankees (1938–39),Brooklyn Dodgers (1940) and Boston Braves (1941). He batted and threw right-handed.
Charles Henry "Chinski" Root was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the St. Louis Browns and the Chicago Cubs between 1923 and 1941. Root batted and threw right-handed. He holds the club record for games,innings pitched,and career wins with 201.
In major league baseball,the dead-ball era refers to a period from about 1900 to 1920 in which run scoring was low and home runs were rare in comparison to the years that followed. In 1908,the major league batting average dropped to .239,and teams averaged just 3.4 runs per game,the lowest ever. Spacious ballparks limited hitting for power,and the ball itself was "dead" both by design and from overuse. Ball scuffing and adulteration by pitchers,particularly the spitball,were allowed,putting hitters at a disadvantage.
James Timothy "Mudcat" Grant Jr. was an American baseball pitcher who played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Cleveland Indians,Minnesota Twins,Los Angeles Dodgers,Montreal Expos,St. Louis Cardinals,Oakland Athletics,and Pittsburgh Pirates from 1958 to 1971. He was a two-time All-Star.
Wilmer Dean Chance was an American professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher,he played in 11 Major League Baseball seasons for the Los Angeles / California Angels,Minnesota Twins,Cleveland Indians,New York Mets and Detroit Tigers. With a touch of wildness and the habit of never looking at home plate once he received the sign from his catcher,Chance would turn his back fully towards the hitter in mid-windup before spinning and unleashing a good fastball,sinker or sidearm curveball.
Lonnie Warneke,nicknamed "The Arkansas Hummingbird",was a Major League Baseball player,Major League umpire,county judge,and businessman from Montgomery County,Arkansas,whose career won-loss record as a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals (1937–42) was 192–121.
Robert Wesley Knepper is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. From 1976 to 1990,he pitched 15 seasons for the San Francisco Giants and Houston Astros,earning two All-Star appearances as well as the 1981 NL Comeback Player of the Year award. He gained notoriety with his 1988 remarks disparaging umpire Pam Postema,the National Organization for Women,and gay people.
John Elmer Stivetts was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 11 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanning from 1889 to 1899. He played in the American Association (AA) with the St. Louis Browns,and in the National League (NL) with the Boston Beaneaters and Cleveland Spiders. "Happy Jack" was born to German immigrants and raised in Ashland,Pennsylvania. He initially followed his father into the coal mining industry before playing professional baseball. After playing 2+1⁄2 seasons in minor league baseball,he was signed by the Browns. Over the next few seasons,he was regarded as one of the best pitchers in baseball.
William Edward Donovan,nicknamed "Wild Bill" and "Smiling Bill",was an American right-handed baseball pitcher and manager.
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Nelson Thomas Potter was an American professional baseball player and right-handed pitcher who appeared in 349 games in Major League Baseball over a dozen seasons between 1936 and 1949,most notably as a member,in 1944,of the only St. Louis Browns team to win an American League pennant. He also played for the St. Louis Cardinals,Philadelphia Athletics,Boston Red Sox and Boston Braves. Potter's repertoire featured the screwball.
Hollis John "Sloppy" Thurston was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Browns,Chicago White Sox,Washington Senators,and Brooklyn Robins/Dodgers between 1923 and 1933. He batted and threw right-handed.
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