Stanley Anthony Coveleski was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for four American League (AL) teams between 1912 and 1928,primarily the Cleveland Indians. The star of the Indians pitching staff,he won over 20 games each year from the epidemic-shortened 1918 season through 1921,leading the AL in shutouts twice and in strikeouts and earned run average (ERA) once each during his nine years with the club. The star of the 1920 World Series,he led the Indians to their first title with three complete-game victories,including a 3–0 shutout in the Game 7 finale. Traded to the Washington Senators after the 1924 season,he helped that club to its second AL pennant in a row with 20 victories against only 5 losses,including a 13-game winning streak,while again leading the league in ERA.
William Henry Zuber was a professional baseball pitcher. He had an 11-year Major League Baseball career between 1936 and 1947. He pitched his entire career in the American League with the Cleveland Indians,Washington Senators,New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. Bill was born and raised in Middle Amana,Iowa,a community of German pietists who until 1932 practiced a form of communitarian living.
Sylveanus Augustus "Vean" Gregg was an American professional baseball player. A pitcher,Gregg played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Naps,Boston Red Sox,Philadelphia Athletics,and Washington Senators from 1911 through 1925.
The Central Association was an American minor league baseball league. It began operations in 1908,as it was essentially renamed from the 1907 Iowa State League. The Central Association ran continuously through 1917. It was reorganized thirty years later,operating as a Class-C league from 1947-1949,with major league affiliates for most teams. Baseball Hall of Fame members Grover Cleveland Alexander (Galesburg),Jake Beckley (Hannibal),Burleigh Grimes (Ottumwa) and Sam Rice are league alumni.
Henry John Gruber was an American professional baseball pitcher who played from 1885 through 1895. A right-hander,he played five years in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Wolverines (1887–88) and Spiders of the National League and the Cleveland Infants (1890) of the Players' League. He won 61 games and lost 78 in his career,and had a 3.67 earned run average (ERA). He was also the first professional coach hired by the Yale University baseball team,holding that position in 1892.
Lawrence Grant Twitchell was a professional baseball player from 1886 to 1896. He played nine seasons in Major League Baseball,primarily as an outfielder but occasionally as a pitcher,with seven different major league clubs. His best seasons were spent with the Detroit Wolverines from 1886 to 1888,the Cleveland Spiders in 1889,and the Louisville Colonels from 1893 to 1894.
Earl Hershey Yingling was a professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of five seasons in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Naps (1911),Brooklyn Dodgers (1912–13),Cincinnati Reds (1914) and Washington Senators (1918).
Robert Gustave "Bun" Troy was a German-born professional baseball pitcher who was killed in action while fighting against German forces in World War I. Troy was a sergeant with the "Blue Ridge" Division of the United States Army;he was shot in the chest during the Meuse–Argonne offensive.
Henry "Hi" Jasper was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox,St. Louis Cardinals,and Cleveland Indians.
Frederick James Blanding,nicknamed "Fritz," was an American baseball player. He played five seasons as a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Naps from 1910 to 1914. He pitched a six-hit shutout against Walter Johnson in his Major League debut in September 1910. His best seasons were 1912 and 1913,during which time he compiled a record of 33–24. His career record with Cleveland was 46-46.
William John Steen was an American baseball player. He played professional baseball as a right-handed pitcher for 12 years from 1907 to 1917 and 1919,including four years in Major League Baseball with the Cleveland Indians (1912–1915) and Detroit Tigers (1915). He appeared in 108 major league games and compiled a 28–32 win–loss record with a 3.05 earned run average (ERA) and 265 strikeouts.
John Joseph Boehling was a Major League Baseball pitcher for seven seasons. He played with the Washington Senators from 1912 to 1916,and the Cleveland Indians from 1916 to 1920. Boehling made his major league debut on June 20,1912,in a 5–0 loss against the Philadelphia Athletics. He went on to play two more games during the 1912 season,finishing with five innings pitched.
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.
Franklin Washington "Gid" Gardner was a Major League Baseball player during the 19th century. Between 1879 and 1888,Gardner played all or part of seven seasons for eight different teams in three different major leagues. He appeared in 199 games,mostly as an outfielder,but also spent some time as a second baseman and pitcher. He had a career batting average of .233 and a pitching record of 2–12.
Charles H. "Pretzels" Getzien was a German-born American professional baseball pitcher. He played all or parts of nine seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with five different National League teams from 1884 to 1892. He was the first German-born regular player in the National League.
George Gates Bristow was a professional baseball player. He played three games as an outfielder in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Spiders in 1899. Bristow was 5 feet,10 inches,and weighed 170 pounds.
Harry Richard "Rube" Suter was a professional baseball pitcher from 1906 to 1912. He played one season in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox. Suter was 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and weighed 190 pounds (86 kg).
Ralph Albert "Lefty" Bell was a professional baseball pitcher from 1909 to 1916. He appeared in three Major League Baseball games for the Chicago White Sox in 1912. Bell was 5 feet,11 inches tall and weighed 170 pounds.
The Ottumwa Packers was the primary name of the minor league baseball teams that played between 1890 and 1928,based in Ottumwa,Iowa. Ottumwa teams played as members of the Illinois-Iowa League (1890–1891),Eastern Iowa League (1895),Western Association (1898–1899),Iowa State League (1904–1907),Central Association and Mississippi Valley League (1922–1928),winning seven league championships.
The Kewanee Boilermakers were a minor league baseball team based in Kewanee,Illinois. From 1908 to 1913,the Boilermakers played exclusively as members of the Central Association,hosting home games at Terminal Park. The 1948 Kewanee A's succeeded the Boilermakers in minor league play.
