Grover Cleveland Alexander,nicknamed "Old Pete",was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played from 1911 through 1930 for the Philadelphia Phillies,Chicago Cubs,and St. Louis Cardinals. He was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1938.
Edward Stewart Plank,nicknamed "Gettysburg Eddie",was an American professional baseball player. A pitcher,Plank played in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1901 through 1914,the St. Louis Terriers in 1915,and the St. Louis Browns in 1916 and 1917.
Howard John Ehmke was an American baseball pitcher. He played professional baseball for 16 years from 1914 to 1930,including 15 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Buffalo Blues (1915),Detroit Tigers,Boston Red Sox (1923–1926),and Philadelphia Athletics (1926–1930).
George Joseph Mullin,sometimes known by the nickname "Wabash George",was an American right-handed baseball pitcher.
William Edward Donovan,nicknamed "Wild Bill" and "Smiling Bill",was an American right-handed baseball pitcher and manager.
Marcus Elmore Baldwin,nicknamed "Fido" and "Baldy",was an American right-handed 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.
James Otis Crandall was a right-handed pitcher and second baseman. He was the first player to be consistently used as a relief pitcher. Consequently,he was given the nickname Doc by Damon Runyon who said Crandall was "the physician of the pitching emergency". He played from 1908 to 1918,debuting with the New York Giants. He was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1913,but made only two pinch-hitting appearances for them before being sold back to the Giants 13 days later. He also played for the St. Louis Terriers in the Federal League in 1914 and 1915,the St. Louis Browns in 1916,and for the Boston Braves in 1918. That same year he flirted with a no-hitter in the morning game of a double-header in Los Angeles against Salt Lake City of the Pacific Coast League. He carried the no-hitter into the 9th inning when,with two out,his outing was spoiled by Karl Crandall,his brother.
Jean Joseph Octave Dubuc,sometimes known by the nickname "Chauncey",was a right-handed American baseball pitcher,manager,and scout,and a coach of both baseball and ice hockey.
Robert Edgar Willett,sometimes known by the nickname "Farmer",was a right-handed American baseball pitcher. He played professional baseball for 17 years from 1905 to 1921,including ten seasons in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers of the American League from 1906 to 1913 and the St. Louis Terriers of the Federal League from 1914 to 1915. In 274 major league games,Willett compiled a 102–100 win–loss record with 142 complete games,an earned run average (ERA) of 3.08,600 strikeouts,and 695 assists in 1,773 innings pitched.
Russell William Ford was a Canadian-American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the New York Highlanders / Yankees of the American League from 1909 to 1913 and for the Buffalo Buffeds / Blues of the Federal League in 1914 and 1915. Ford is credited with developing the emery ball.
Byron Simon Houck was an American professional baseball pitcher and cinematographer. He played in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics,Brooklyn Tip-Tops,and St. Louis Browns from 1912 to 1914 and in 1918. After his baseball career,he worked on Buster Keaton's production team as a camera operator.
George Anthony Mogridge was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox (1911–12),New York Yankees (1915–20),Washington Senators (1921–25),St. Louis Browns (1925),and Boston Braves (1926–27). Mogridge threw the first no-hitter for the Yankees franchise in 1917 and was a member of the 1924 World Series champions with the Senators.
Charles Taylor Hickman was an American professional baseball player and college baseball coach. He played all or part of 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a utility player for seven different franchises,including over 200 games each with the Cleveland Bronchos / Naps,Washington Senators,and New York Giants. After his professional carer,he coached the West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team for four seasons.
Ralph Vivian Stroud,sometimes referred to as Sailor Stroud,was an American baseball pitcher. He played professional baseball for 20 years from 1910 to 1929,including three years in Major League Baseball as a pitcher for the Detroit Tigers in 1910 and the New York Giants in 1915 and 1916. He appeared in 70 major league games,41 as a starter,compiling an 18–20 win–loss record and a 2.94 earned run average (ERA) in 361 innings pitched.
William Dayton "Pol" Perritt,sometimes referred to as Poll Perritt or Polly Perritt,was an American baseball pitcher. He played professional baseball for ten years from 1912 to 1921.
Philip Wiley Taylor was an American baseball pitcher and law enforcement officer. He played professional baseball from 1911 to 1917 and in 1923,including four seasons in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers (1911),Chicago White Sox (1912),and St. Louis Browns (1913–1914). He appeared in 27 games and compiled a 2–10 with an earned run average (ERA) of 4.10 over 120-2/3 innings. He served as the sheriff of Pottawatomie County,Kansas
Harry Clayton Harper was an American professional baseball pitcher,businessman,and politician. He played in Major League Baseball for the Washington Senators,Boston Red Sox,New York Yankees,and Brooklyn Robins between 1913 and 1923. Harper started Game 6 of the 1922 World Series for the Yankees.
Ensign Stover Cottrell was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1911 to 1915 with the Pittsburgh Pirates,Chicago Cubs,Philadelphia Athletics,Boston Braves,and New York Yankees.
A phantom ballplayer is either a baseball player who is incorrectly listed in source materials as playing in a Major League Baseball (MLB) game,often the result of typographical or clerical errors,or a player who spent time on an MLB active roster without ever appearing in an MLB contest during his career. Most of the first form of phantom players date from the 19th or early 20th century,with at least one showing up as late as World War II.
Grover Cleveland Baichley was an American professional baseball pitcher who played for the St. Louis Browns of the American League in 1914.
