William Henry Watkins,sometimes known as "Wattie," or "Watty," was a Canadian-born baseball player,manager,executive and team owner whose career in organized baseball spanned 47 years from 1876 to 1922.
Horace B. Phillips was an American manager in Major League Baseball for eight seasons,from 1879 to 1889. He managed one season for the Troy Trojans,one season for the Philadelphia Athletics,one season for the Columbus Buckeyes and six seasons for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys. He was born in Salem,Ohio.
Marcus Elmore Baldwin,nicknamed "Fido" and "Baldy",was an American professional baseball pitcher who played seven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). In 346 career games,he pitched to a 154–165 win–loss record with 295 complete games. Baldwin set the single-season MLB wild pitches record with 83 that still stands today.
Frederick Peter "Cy" Falkenberg was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1903 to 1917 for the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League,the Washington Senators,Cleveland Naps,and Philadelphia Athletics of the American League and the Indianapolis Hoosiers,Newark Peppers,and Brooklyn Tip-Tops of the Federal League.
Thomas H. "Toad" Ramsey was an American Major League Baseball player who pitched in the majors from 1885 to 1890. Ramsey spent his entire career in the American Association,split between two different teams. He played for the Louisville Colonels and St. Louis Browns. He is sometimes credited with inventing a pitch,the knuckleball. He was one of the top pitchers in the Association for more than two years,with statistics that put him in the top five in multiple pitching categories.
Lawrence G. McKeon was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball for three seasons,from 1884 to 1886. He played one season each for the Indianapolis Hoosiers,Cincinnati Red Stockings,and Kansas City Cowboys. He was born in New York City,and died in Indianapolis on July 18,1915,at age 57. He is interred at St. Mary Cemetery in Port Jervis,New York.
Charles Carbitt Carr was an American baseball first baseman and manager. He played professional baseball from 1894 to 1919,including seven years in Major League Baseball with the Washington Senators (1898),Philadelphia Athletics (1901),Detroit Tigers (1903–1904),Cleveland Naps (1904–1905),Cincinnati Reds (1906),and Indianapolis Hoosiers (1914). Over his seven-year major league career,Carr had a .252 batting average with 493 hits,106 extra base hits,and 240 runs batted in (RBIs).
The Nashville Blues were a minor league baseball team that played in the Southern League in 1887. They were located in Nashville,Tennessee,and played their home games at Sulphur Spring Park,later known as Sulphur Dell.
George Walter "Watch" Burnham was an American umpire and manager in Major League Baseball who was briefly in the National League in the 1880s. He was born in Albion,Michigan.
Ebenezer Ambrose "Ed" Beatin was an American baseball player. He played five seasons in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher for the Detroit Wolverines from 1887 to 1888 and the Cleveland Spiders from 1889 to 1891. A 20-game winner in both 1889 and 1890,Beatin was known for having the best "slow ball" in the game. He was also a member of the 1887 Detroit Wolverines team that won the National League pennant.
Horace Solomon Fogel was a Major League Baseball manager and executive who served as manager of the Indianapolis Hoosiers and New York Giants and president of the Philadelphia Phillies.
John James McCloskey was a professional baseball player and manager. As a player,he appeared in minor league games between 1887 and 1905. He also served as a minor league manager between 1888 and 1932. He is best remembered for managing in the major leagues,with the Louisville Colonels during 1895–1896 and St. Louis Cardinals during 1906–1908,while compiling one of the worst managerial records in major league history.
Mortimer Martin "Mert" Hackett,was an American professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball from 1883 to 1887 for the Boston Beaneaters,Kansas City Cowboys,and Indianapolis Hoosiers. His older brother,Walter Hackett,and cousins Walter Clarkson,Dad Clarkson and Baseball Hall of Famers John Clarkson,Tim Keefe and Joe Kelley also played in the majors.
Mordecai Hamilton Davidson was a professional baseball owner and manager. A Civil War veteran,he is best known as the primary owner of the Louisville Colonels of the American Association in the late 1880s,during the worst period of the team's history. He was one of three managers of the 1888 Colonels,during his ownership of the team.
Edward Siegfried Hengel was a professional baseball player,manager,umpire. He is best known for managing the Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies,a team in the major league Union Association that only operated in 1884.
George Kasson Frazier was a 19th-century professional baseball executive. He was the owner and manager of the Syracuse Stars of the American Association,considered a major league,during the 1890 season.
In baseball,hitting for the cycle is the accomplishment of one batter who hits a single,a double,a triple,and a home run in the same game. Collecting the hits in that order is known as a "natural cycle". Cycles are rare in Major League Baseball (MLB),having occurred only 344 times,starting with Curry Foley in 1882. The most recent cycle in MLB was accomplished by JoséAltuve of the Houston Astros on August 28,2023.
A protested game occurs in baseball when a manager believes that an umpire's decision is in violation of the official rules. In such cases,the manager can raise a protest by informing the umpires,and the game continues to be played "under protest." Protests were allowed in Major League Baseball (MLB) through the 2019 season,after which they were abolished.
