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Below is the list of 158 Major League Baseball players who have reached the 100 Triples milestone. *Notes :Bold: active player :Includes games through September 29, 2008 ----
This category includes baseball players for the team known as the Brooklyn Robins (National League, 1914-31).
The Glory Of Their Times: The Story Of The Early Days Of Baseball Told By The Men Who Played It is a book, edited by Lawrence Ritter, telling the stories of early 20th century baseball. It is widely acclaimed as one of the great books written about baseball.
==See also== *Atlanta Braves *Atlanta Braves players *Boston Bees players *Boston Beaneaters players *Boston Doves players *Boston Red Caps players *Boston Red Stockings players *Boston Rustlers players *Milwaukee Braves players
*Brooklyn Robins/Brooklyn Dodgers (–, ) *Cincinnati Reds (, –) *Chicago Cubs (–) *Pittsburgh Pirates () *Detroit Tigers () }}
Floyd Caves "Babe" Herman (June 26 1903 - November 27 1987) was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who was best known for his several seasons with the Brooklyn Robins (later the Brooklyn Dodgers, now the Los Angeles Dodgers).
Herman was one of the most noted power hitters of the late 1920s and early 1930s, and hit for the cycle a record three times; his .532 career slugging average ranked fourth among hitters with at least 5000 at bats in the National League when he retired. His .393 batting average, .678 slugging average, 241 hits and 416 total bases in remain Dodgers franchise records, with his 143 runs being the post-1900 team record; he also set team records (since broken) that year with 35 home runs and 130 runs batted in. He was also renowned for his varied misadventures as a defensive player and baserunner, which earned him derision – and eventually affection – among fans.
* Louisville Colonels (1898-1899) * Pittsburgh Pirates (1900-1912, 1918) * Chicago Cubs (1912-1914) * Cincinnati Reds (1915) |highlights=<nowiki></nowiki> * World Series champion: 1909 * National League pennant: 1901, 1902, 1903 * National League home run champion: 1902 * 23rd-most triples in Major League history (172) * 2-time National League runs scored leader * 2 seasons with a .300+ batting average * 2 seasons with 100+ runs scored }} Thomas William Leach (November 4 1877 - September 29 1969) was a center fielder and third baseman in Major League Baseball during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Leach participated in the first modern World Series in 1903 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, hitting four triples to set a record that still stands. He played with legendary ballplayers such as Honus Wagner, Dummy Hoy, Three Finger Brown, Frank Chance, Heinie Groh, Max Carey, Casey Stengel and Rube Waddell. Leach played professionally for the Louisville Colonels, Pirates, Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds for nineteen seasons. Early on, Leach was primarily an infielder including playing shortstop, second base and, mostly, third base. Later in his career, to take advantage of his speed, Leach played mostly outfield. Leach is also famous for having interviewed for Lawrence Ritter's The Glory of Their Times collection.
* Pittsburgh Pirates (1910-1926) * Brooklyn Robins (1926-1929) As Manager<br> * Brooklyn Dodgers (1932-1933) |highlights=<nowiki></nowiki> * World Series Champion: 1925 * Managerial record: 146-161 * 9th-most stolen bases in Major League history (738) * 10-time National League stolen base leader * 2-time National League walk leader * 6 seasons with a .300+ batting average * 5 seasons with 100+ runs scored |hofdate= |hofmethod=Veteran's Committee }}
Max George Carey (January 11, 1890 – May 30, 1976) was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who starred for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was born in Terre Haute, Indiana. During his 20-year career, he led the league in stolen bases ten times and finished with 738 swipes, a National League record until and the 9th-highest total in major league history through 2008.
He was born Maximillian George Carnarius in Terre Haute, Indiana. He first adopted the name Max Carey when he played his first professional baseball game in order to retain his amateur status at Concordia College; the name would stick with him for his entire career.
Carey played for the Pirates from his arrival in the league in until , winning a World Series championship in 1925. He was known as a skilled fielder and excellent base stealer. He regularly stole 40 or more bases and maintained a favorable steal percentage; in he stole 51 bases and was only caught twice. He also stole home 33 times in his career, second best to Ty Cobb's 50 on the all-time list.
Carey played his final three and a half years with the Brooklyn Robins, but was aging and no longer the same player. He retired in , but went on to manage the Dodgers from 1932 to 1933, as well as the Milwaukee Chicks and the Fort Wayne Daisies of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
Carey was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in . He died at age 86 in Miami, Florida and is buried in Woodlawn Park Cemetery and Mausoleum (now Caballero Rivero Woodlawn North Park Cemetery and Mausoleum).
*Boston Braves (1913-1914, 1919-1920, 1924-1927) *Chicago Whales (1915) *Chicago Cubs (1916-1919) *St. Louis Cardinals (1921-1923) *Cincinnati Reds (1923) *New York Giants (1927-1928) }}
Leslie Mann (November 18, 1892 in Lincoln, Nebraska - January 14, 1962 in Pasadena, California), was a professional baseball player who played outfield in the Major Leagues from 1913-1928. He would play for the Boston Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants, and Chicago Cubs.
* Brooklyn Superbas/Dodgers/Robins (1909, 1911, 1914-1922) * St. Louis Cardinals (1923-1925) * Cincinnati Reds (1925) |highlights=<nowiki></nowiki> *National League pennant: 1916, 1920 *National League RBI champion: 1919 *2-time National League triples leader *4 seasons with a .300+ batting average }}
Henry "Hy" Myers (April 27, 1889 - May 1, 1965) is a former professional baseball player. He was an outfielder over parts of 14 seasons (1909-1925) with the Brooklyn Supurbas/Robins, St. Louis Cardinals, and Cincinnati Reds. He led the National League in RBIs in 1919 while playing for Brooklyn. He was born in East Liverpool, Ohio and died in Minerva, Ohio at the age of 76.
* St. Louis Browns (1912-1917) * New York Yankees (1918-1920) * Boston Red Sox (1921-1922) * Detroit Tigers (1923-1924) |highlights=<nowiki></nowiki> *American League RBI champion: 1916 }}
Derrill Burnham "Del" Pratt (January 10, 1888 in Walhalla, South Carolina – September 30, 1977 in Texas City, Texas) was a star running back for the University of Alabama before becoming a professional baseball player. Pratt signed with the St. Louis Browns in . He was a utility player, playing second base, shortstop, third base and the outfield.
*St. Louis Cardinals (-) *Pittsburgh Pirates () *Pittsburgh Rebels () *Boston Braves (-) *Brooklyn Robins (-) *Philadelphia Phillies () |highlights=<nowiki></nowiki> *National League pennant: 1920}} Edward Joseph Konetchy (September 3 1885 - May 27 1947), nicknamed "Big Ed" and "The Candy Kid", was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball for a number of teams, primarily in the National League, from to . He played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1907-1913), Pittsburgh Pirates (1914), Pittsburgh Rebels of the Federal League (1915), Boston Braves (1916-1918), Brooklyn Robins (1919-1921), and Philadelphia Phillies (1921). He batted and threw right-handed.
*Philadelphia Athletics (-) *Boston Red Sox (-) *Cleveland Indians () *Boston Braves (-) *Pittsburgh Pirates (-) *Philadelphia Phillies () |highlights=<nowiki></nowiki> *American League pennant winner: 1911, 1913, 1914, 1918 *National League pennant winner: 1925 *World Series champion: 1911, 1913, 1918, 1925 *Ranks 49th on MLB All-Time Singles List (1,972) *Ranks 3rd on MLB All-Time Sacrifice Hits List (383) *Ranks 9th on MLB All-Time At Bats per Strikeout List (35.3) *Holds Atlanta Braves single season record for Sacrifice Hits (37 in 1923) *Holds Atlanta Braves single season record for At Bats per Strikeout (96.8 in 1924) *Boston Red Sox Career Leader in At bats per Strikeout (40.9) *Holds Boston Red Sox single season record for At Bats per Strikeout (64.9 in 1921) }} John Phalen "Stuffy" McInnis (September 19, 1890 - February 16, 1960) was a first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball. From 1909 through 1927, McInnis played for the Philadelphia Athletics (1909-17), Boston Red Sox (1918-21), Cleveland Indians (1922), Boston Braves (1923-24), Pittsburgh Pirates (1925-26) and Philadelphia Phillies (1927). He batted and threw right-handed.
* Washington Senators (-, -) * Boston Red Sox (-) | highlights=<nowiki></nowiki> * 2x All-Star selection (1935, 1937) }} Charles Solomon "Buddy" Myer (March 16, 1904 - October 31, 1974) was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball from 1925 to 1941.
Myer was born in Ellisville, Mississippi. An excellent hitter, he batted .300 or better in eight full seasons, and retired with a career average of .303. He walked more than twice as many times as he struck out. Myer played 17 years in the major leagues, longer than any other Jewish ballplayer.
Apart from a brief period with the Boston Red Sox in 1927-28, he spent his entire career with the Washington Senators.
* Brooklyn Superbas/Dodgers/Robins (-) * Cincinnati Reds (-) |highlights=<nowiki></nowiki> * National League Most Valuable Player * 1913 & 1914 National League Batting Title * Led NL in Triples in 1918 (15) and 1922 (22) * 2nd All-Time in Sacrifice Hits (392) * Named to The Baseball Magazine All-American team 7 times. * Dodgers All-Time Leader in Sacrifice Hits (237) * Holds Dodgers single season record for most Sacrifice Hits (39 in 1915) * Holds Reds single season record for most Sacrifice Hits (39 in 1919) }} Jacob Ellsworth Daubert (April 7 1884 - October 9 1924) was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn SuperbasThe team also went by the nicknames Dodgers and Robins during Daubert's time with Brooklyn. and Cincinnati Reds. His career lasted from 1910 until his death in 1924.
Daubert was recognized throughout his career for his performances on the field. He won the and batting titles, as well as the 1913 Chalmers Award. Between and , The Baseball Magazine named him to their All-American team seven times.Deadball Era Resources. "The Baseball Magazine All American Teams". Retrieved 2006-11-09.
* Boston Braves (1912-1920, 1929-1935) * Pittsburgh Pirates (1921-1924) * Chicago Cubs (1925) * Brooklyn Robins (1926) * St. Louis Cardinals (1927-1928) |highlights=<nowiki></nowiki> * World Series champion: 1914 * National League pennant: 1928 |hofdate= |hofvote=82.94% (fourteenth ballot) }}
Walter James Vincent Maranville (November 11, 1891 - January 5, 1954), better known as Rabbit Maranville due to his speed and small stature (5'5", 155 pounds), was a Major League Baseball shortstop. At the time of his retirement in 1935, he had played in a record 23 seasons in the National League, a mark which wasn't broken until 1986 by Pete Rose. He was known as one of "baseball's most famous clowns" due to his practical jokes and lack of inhibitions.<ref name="james"></ref>
When he was appointed manager of the Chicago Cubs in 1925--one of their worst seasons ever--he did not change his behavior. One night he went through a Pullman car dumping water on sleeping players' heads, saying, "No sleeping under Maranville management, especially at night." Not long after that, he was out on the street outside Ebbets Field in Brooklyn mimicking a newsboy hawking papers. He cried out, "Read all about it! Maranville fired!" And so he was--the very next day.Nash, B. & Zullo, A. The Baseball Hall of Shame 3, 1987, ISBN 0-671-63386-4; p. 134
Over his lengthy career, Maranville played for the Boston Braves (1912 - 1920, 1929 - 1933, 1935), Pittsburgh Pirates (1921 - 1924), Chicago Cubs (1925), Brooklyn Robins (1926) and St. Louis Cardinals (1927 - 1928). He retired having compiled a .258 batting average, 1255 runs, 28 home runs, 884 RBI and 291 stolen bases. As a shortstop, he finished his career with a positional record 5,139 putouts.<ref name="Baseball Encyclopedia"></ref> He won his only World Series championship in 1914 as a member of the Braves, and won his only other National League championship in 1928 as a member of the Cardinals.
Maranville was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1954, after 13 failed attempts.
*Chicago Orphans/Cubs (1902-1912, 1916) *Cincinnati Reds (1913) *Chicago Chi-Feds/Whales (1914-1915) | highlights=<nowiki></nowiki> * World Series champion: 1907, 1908 * National League pennant: 1906, 1910 * Federal League pennant: 1915 |hofdate= |hofmethod=Veteran's Committee }}
Joseph Bert Tinker (July 27, 1880-July 27, 1948) was a Major League Baseball player and manager. He was born in Muscotah, Kansas.
For most of his career he played for the Chicago Cubs, starting as a 21-year-old rookie in 1902. Tinker was an average hitter, despite usually hitting well against pitcher Christy Mathewson, but a speedy runner, stealing an average of 28 bases a season and even stealing home twice in one game on July 28, 1910. The shortstop excelled at fielding, often leading the National League in a number of statistical categories. During his decade with the Cubs, they went to the World Series four times.
Tinker is perhaps best known as the shortstop in the "Tinker to Evers to Chance" double play combination immortalized in the poem "Baseball's Sad Lexicon" by New York newspaper columnist Franklin Pierce Adams. Yet on September 14, 1905, he and Evers ended up in a fistfight on the field because Evers took a cab and left his teammates behind in the hotel lobby. They didn't speak to one another for 33 years until they were both asked to help broadcast the 1938 World Series (Cubs versus Yankees) and tearfully reunited.
Tinker's incessant salary demands got him traded to the Cincinnati Reds in 1912. After a year playing and managing the Reds, Tinker jumped to the Federal League and managed the Chicago Whales until 1916 when he was back, briefly, with the Cubs.
Tinker ended his career in Florida, managing, scouting, and dabbling in real estate. He ran the Orlando Gulls in the Florida State League. Tinker Field, a stadium in the shadow of the Citrus Bowl, is named for him. Tinker was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946. He died in Orlando, Florida on his 68th birthday of complications from diabetes. His interment was located in Orlando's Greenwood Cemetery. <center> </center>
* Pittsburgh Pirates (-, -) * Boston Braves () * Cincinnati Reds () * Philadelphia Phillies () * Brooklyn Dodgers () |highlights=<nowiki></nowiki> * All-Star selection (1938) * Led NL in hits in 1931 with 214 |hofdate= |hofmethod=Veteran's Committee }} Lloyd James Waner (March 16, 1906 - July 22, 1982) was a Major League Baseball player. His small stature and 150 pound (68 kg) weight made him one of the smallest players of the time. He is the brother of fellow Major Leaguer Paul Waner.
Waner broke into the majors with his brother's team, Pittsburgh Pirates in and quickly built the reputation of a slap hitter with an astute sense of plate discipline. In his rookie campaign, he batted .355 with 223 hits while only striking out 23 times (the highest strikeout total of his career).
Waner played for the Pirates until the beginning of the season. In the preceding years he batted .300 or higher ten times, finished in the top ten in MVP voting twice ( and ) and was an All-Star once ().
After splitting time in , and with the Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies and Brooklyn Dodgers, Waner returned to Pittsburgh, where he finished his career in . He finished with a career .316 batting average.
He (2,459) and his older brother, Paul (3,152), hold the career record for hits by brothers (5,611), outpacing the three Alou brothers (5,094): Felipe (2,101), Matty (1,777) and Jesús (1,216), and the three DiMaggio brothers (4,853): Joe (2,214), Dom (1,680) and Vince (959), among others. For most of the period from to , Paul patrolled right field at Forbes Field while Lloyd covered the ground next to him in center. Paul was known as "Big Poison" and Lloyd as "Little Poison." A possibly apocryphal story claims that their nicknames reflect a Brooklyn Dodgers fan's pronunciation of "Big Person" and "Little Person." In , the season the brothers accumulated 460 hits, the fan is said to have remarked, "Them Waners! It's always the little poison on thoid (third) and the big poison on foist (first)!" But given that Lloyd was actually taller, this story is somewhat incongruous.
Waner was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in . Sabermetrician Bill James has listed Waner as one of ten examples of Hall of Fame inductees who do not deserve the honor.Bill James Answers All Your Baseball Questions, an April 2008 entry from the Freakonomics blog Possible reasons for his (undeserved) selection include (1) his brother being a fellow inductee and (2) the inflated batting averages of his era, which also helped many other 1920's and 30's players in the eyes of the Hall of Fame Veterans Committee.
This category includes baseball players for the team known as the Chicago Federals and the Chicago Whales (Federal League, 1914-1915).
* New York Giants (1909-1915) * Brooklyn Robins (1916-1917) * Boston Braves (1917) |highlights=<nowiki></nowiki> * 1912, third in MVP award * 1912, second in AL in batting average * appeared in 1911, 1912, 1913, 1916 World Series }}
John Tortes "Chief" Meyers (July 29 1880 - July 25 1971) was a catcher in Major League Baseball for the New York Giants, Boston Braves and Brooklyn Robins from 1909 to 1917. He played on the early Giant teams under manager John McGraw and was the primary catcher for Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson. Meyers hit over .300 three straight years and finished third in the MVP award as the Giants went to three straight world series from 1911 to 1913. Overall, he played in four World Series, the 1911, 1912 and 1913 series with the Giants as well as the the 1916 series with the Robins. Meyers, a Cahuilla Indian from California, was educated at Dartmouth College.
In 1912, Meyers hit .358 for the World Series bound Giants, finishing the season second in the league in hitting and coming in third for the MVP award that year. Meyers was also a key player in the famous 1912 World Series against the Boston Red Sox, which featured the infamous "Snodgrass' Muff" as well as captivating performances by Smoky Joe Wood and Christy Matthewson. In 1919, Meyers was hired as manager of the New Haven entry in the Eastern League. Meyers was interviewed by Lawrence Ritter for The Glory of Their Times in March 1964.
*Cleveland Naps/Indians (1914-23) *Boston Red Sox (1924-25) *Philadelphia Athletics (1926) }} William Adolf Wambsganss (March 19, 1894 - December 8, 1985) was a second baseman in Major League Baseball. From 1914 through 1926, Wambsganss played for the Cleveland Indians (1914-23), Boston Red Sox (1924-25) and Philadelphia Athletics (1926). He batted and threw right-handed. He is best remembered for making one of the most spectacular defensive plays in World Series history, an unassisted triple play.
* New York Giants (-) * Brooklyn Robins (-) * Cincinnati Reds () * Boston Braves (-) |highlights=<nowiki></nowiki> *National League pennant: 1911, 1912, 1913, 1916, 1920 *National League wins champion: 1912 *National League strikeout champion: 1911 *3 20-win seasons * Pitched a no-hitter on April 15, 1915. |hofdate= |hofmethod=Veteran's Committee }} Richard William "Rube" Marquard (October 9, 1886 - June 1, 1980) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball in the 1910s and early 1920s. He achieved his greatest success with the New York Giants.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, his playing rights were acquired for $13,000 - a then unheard-of sum to pay for a baseball player's contract - and his lack of success early on led to his being tagged "the $13,000 lemon". According to both Marquard himself in The Glory of Their Times and the Baseball Hall of Fame's entry on him, the price paid for his contract was actually $11,000, not $13,000. Later, however, he was to make baseball history by winning nineteen decisions in a row. He allegedly celebrated by buying an opal stickpin to reward himself. Upon being told by a friend that opals were a jinx, he threw the pin into a river; but apparently the curse had already done its work, as he lost his next decision.
Despite his nickname, he was a city kid. As he told it in The Glory of the Their Times, a writer in his minor league days compared him favorably with Rube Waddell, and very soon Marquard was being called "Rube" also. He retired in 1925 with a record of 201-177 and a 3.08 ERA; his 1593 strikeouts, at the time, ranked 3rd in major league history among left-handers (behind Rube Waddell and Eddie Plank), and stood as the NL record for southpaws until his total was surpassed by Carl Hubbell in 1942.
Marquard was a performer in vaudeville, appearing with Blossom Seeley and later marrying her. He died in Baltimore, Maryland at age 93. Marquard is interred in Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland.
He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971. His selection has often been criticized by the sabermetrics community, since Marquard's career adjusted ERA+ was only slightly better than league average. Bill James described Marquard as "probably the worst starting pitcher in the Hall of Fame."<ref name="james"> </ref>
Marquard had been interviewed for the popular baseball book, The Glory of Their Times, in the early 1960s, and his chapter is thought to be one of the primary reasons for his election. However, most of the stories that he "recounted" were later found to be false.<ref name="neyer"> </ref>
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* Cleveland Indians (, ) * Pittsburgh Pirates ( – ) * Boston Braves ( – ) * New York Giants ( – ) * St. Louis Cardinals ( – , ) As Manager * St. Louis Cardinals (, – ) * Boston Braves ( – ) |highlights=<nowiki></nowiki> * Led NL in triples in 1919 with 14 * Managed four NL pennant winners: 1942, 1943, 1944, 1948 * Managed two World Series champions: 1942, 1944 |hofdate=2008 |hofmethod=Veterans Committee }} William Harrison Southworth (March 9, 1893–November 15, 1969) was an American right fielder, center fielder and manager in Major League Baseball. Playing in and and from to , he batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Southworth managed in and from through . He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2008.
Born in Harvard, Nebraska, Southworth decided to play baseball despite his father's wishes.<ref name=Ballplayers></ref> He batted .300 three times in his career, not counting shortened seasons.
In a 13-season career, he batted .297 with 52 home runs with 561 runs batted in. He stole 138 bases in his career. He had 1,296 hits in 4,359 at bats.
Southworth's cousin, Bill Southworth, also played in the majors.
*Detroit Tigers (1913) *Boston Braves (1917-1924) |highlights=<nowiki></nowiki> *Led NL in triples in 1921 }} Raymond Reath Powell (November 20, 1888 in Siloam Springs, Arkansas - October 16, 1962 in Chillicothe, Missouri), was a professional baseball player who played outfielder in the Major Leagues from -. He would play for the Detroit Tigers and Boston Braves.
* Brooklyn Robins (1930) * Philadelphia Phillies (1931-1933) * Boston Braves (1933-1936)
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}} Harold Burnham Lee (February 15, 1905 in Ludlow, Mississippi - September 4, 1989 in Pascagoula, Mississippi), was a professional baseball player who played outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1930-1936. He would play for the Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Braves, and Brooklyn Robins.
* Pittsburgh Pirates (1920-1927) * Brooklyn Robins (1929-1930) |highlights=<nowiki></nowiki> *World Series champion: 1925 *2-time National League shutout leader }}
John Dewey "Jughandle Johnny" Morrison (October 22, 1895 - March 20, 1966) was a former professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of ten seasons (1920-1927, 1929-1930) with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Brooklyn Robins. For his career, he compiled a 103-80 record in 297 appearances, with an 3.65 earned run average and 546 strikeouts. May was a member of the 1925 World Series champion Pirates, pitching three times during their seven game defeat of the Washington Senators. In World Series play, he recorded no decisions in 3 appearances, with an 2.89 earned run average and 7 strikeouts.
Morrison was born in Pellville, Kentucky and later died in Louisville, Kentucky at the age of 70.
* Chicago White Sox () * Chicago Chi-Feds/Whales (-) * Chicago Cubs () |highlights=<nowiki></nowiki> * Federal League pennant: 1915 * Federal League home run champion: 1914 * Federal League RBI champion: 1915 }}
Edward Harrison "Dutch" Zwilling (November 2, 1888 – March 27, 1978), was a professional baseball player who played outfield in the Major Leagues from -. Zwilling played for the Chicago White Sox in 1910, the Chicago Whales in 1914-15, and the Chicago Cubs in 1916.
He and Rollie Zeider were the second and third players to have played for at least three different teams in the same city, Lave Cross being the first (having played for four Philadelphia teams). Listed alphabetically, Zwilling's is the last name on the list of Major League players. Zwilling is also the all-time leader in home runs, with 29, for the short-lived Federal League.
* Cincinnati Reds (1909) * Chicago Cubs (1909) * Brooklyn Dodgers/Robins (1911-1915) * Boston Braves (1915-1919) * New York Giants (1919) * Chicago White Sox (1919) * Philadelphia Phillies (1923) }}
Don Carlos Patrick Ragan (November 15, 1885 – September 4, 1956; born in Blanchard, Iowa, died in Los Angeles, California, United States) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball.
On October 5, 1914, Ragan struck out three batters on nine pitches in the eighth inning of a 15-2 loss to the Boston Braves. Ragan became the second National League pitcher and the third pitcher in Major League history to accomplish the nine-strike, three-strikeout half-inning.
* Washington Senators (1914) * Philadelphia Phillies (1918-1921) * New York Giants (1921-1926) * Brooklyn Robins (1927) |highlights=<nowiki></nowiki> *World Series champion: 1921, 1922 *National League pennant: 1923, 1924 *National League RBI champion: 1923 *6 seasons with a .300+ batting average *4 seasons with 100+ RBI *2 seasons with 100+ runs scored }} Emil Frederick "Irish" Meusel (June 9, 1893 - March 1, 1963) was an American baseball Left fielder.
He was first signed with the Washington Senators in 1914 and played one game. After a tour in the minor league, he was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies in 1918. He played four years for the Phillies, averaging over .300 in three of those years.
Midway through the 1921 season, he was traded to the New York Giants. His subsequent play helped the Giants erase a 7½-game deficit to edge out the Pittsburgh Pirates and claim the pennant. The Giants went on to win the 1921 World Series over the New York Yankees. His brother, Bob Meusel, played for the Yankees.
He appeared in four consecutive World Series for the Giants: , , , and . His final year was with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1927.
In 1923, playing for the Giants, he led the National League with 125 RBIs. His career average is .310 with 810 RBIs.
* Boston Doves (1909-1910) * Cincinnati Reds (1911) * Philadelphia Phillies (1911) * Chicago Chi-Feds/Whales (1914-1915) |highlights=<nowiki></nowiki> * Federal League pennant: 1915 * National League home run champion: 1910 }}
Frederick Thomas Beck (November 17, 1886 in Havana, Illinois-March 12, 1962 in Havana, Illinois) was a baseball player. He played in the major leagues from 1909 to 1911 with the Boston Doves, Cincinnati Reds, and Philadelphia Phillies. He then went down the minor leagues. In 1914 & 1915, he played for the Chicago Whales of the Federal League.
In , he tied for the major league lead in home runs with 10.
* Washington Senators (1927, 1932) * St. Louis Browns (1928-1932, 1933-1935) * New York Giants (1936-1939) * Boston Braves (1940) * Philadelphia Phillies (1945) |highlights=<nowiki></nowiki> *National League pennant: 1936, 1937 }} Samuel Richard (Dick) Coffman (December 18, 1906 - March 24, 1972) was a middle relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1927 through 1945, he played for the Washington Senators (1927, 1932), St. Louis Browns (1928-1932, 1933-1935), New York Giants (1936-1939), Boston Braves (1940) and Philadelphia Phillies (1945). Coffman batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Veto, Alabama.
In a 15-season career, Coffman posted a 72-95 record with a 4.65 ERA and 38 saves in 472 appearances (132 as a starter).
Coffman died in Athens, Alabama, at the age of 65.
* Brooklyn Robins/Dodgers (1928-1931, 1933) |highlights=<nowiki></nowiki> * All time leader in home runs for a player born in Maine. }} Adelphia Louis Bissonette (September 6. 1899 — June 9, 1972) was an American first baseman, manager and coach in Major League Baseball.
Born in Winthrop, Maine, Bissonette attended Westbrook (Maine) Seminary, the University of New Hampshire and Georgetown University before signing a professional baseball contract with Valleyfield-Cap de la Madeleine in the Class B Eastern Canada League in 1922. A left-handed batting and throwing first baseman, Bissonette was an outstanding hitter, batting .381 for York of the Class A New York-Penn League in 1925. In 1927, playing for the Buffalo Bisons, Bissonette led the AA International League in runs (168), hits (229), doubles (46), triples (20), home runs (31), and runs batted in (167). His .367 batting average was nine points behind the IL's batting champion that season.
The following season, Bissonette joined the Brooklyn Robins — the once and future Dodgers — of the National League and continued his lusty hitting, batting .320 with 25 home runs in 155 games. Although he tailed off in , Bissonette rebounded in by driving in 113 runs and batting .336. It was his last productive season as a major league player. He suffered a tendon injury, missed the entire season with an illness, and was back in the International League by the middle of the campaign. In 604 games over all or parts of five seasons with Brooklyn, Bissonette batted .305 with 66 homers.
Bissonette turned to managing in the minor leagues in 1937 and by 1942 he had joined the Boston Braves farm system as pilot of their Class A Hartford club of the Eastern League. When Hartford won 99 games and the 1944 EL championship, Bissonette was promoted to a coaching job with Boston. After 93 games, with the Braves faltering and in seventh place in the National League, manager Bob Coleman was fired and Bissonette took the helm for the remainder of the season. His Braves won 25 and lost 34 (.424), improving to sixth, but the team lured the highly successful Billy Southworth from the St. Louis Cardinals to be its 1946 manager, and Bissonette moved on to the Pittsburgh Pirates, where he signed as a coach for .
By 1947, Bissonette was back in the minor leagues as a manager with the Portland Pilots. He rose as high as the AAA Toronto Maple Leafs in 1949, but never managed again in the major leagues.
In the second edition of the Fireside Book of Baseball, the following verse immortalizes Bissonette:
The Dodgers have Del Bissonette; <br> No meal has he ever missed yet; <br> The question that rises <br> Is one that surprises: <br> Who paid for all Del Bissonette? <br>
--L. H. Addington
Bissonette died at 72 in Augusta, Maine, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
*Brooklyn Robins/Dodgers (-) *New York Giants (-, ) |highlights=<nowiki></nowiki> *All star in 1934, 1936, 1937, and 1945 *Led NL in strikeouts in 1936 with 238 *Led NL in innings pitched in 1934 with 315.3 *Led NL in shutouts in 1935 with 4 }} Van Lingle Mungo (June 8, 1911 - February 12, 1985) was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher known for his long career with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Mungo played for the Dodgers from to . At the end of his baseball career, he played with the New York Giants.
Mungo was fairly successful in his early career, averaging 16 wins per season from 1932 through 1936 and leading the National League in strikeouts with 238 in 1936. He was named to the All-Star team in 1934, 1936, and 1937. However, following an arm injury in 1937, he only won 13 Major League games over the next six seasons. He completed his Major League career with a 120-115 won-lost record over 2113 innings pitched, with a 3.47 earned run average.
Stories and anecdotes about Mungo tend to emphasize his reputation for combativeness, including episodes of drinking and fighting. The most widely told story concerns a visit to Cuba where, supposedly, Mungo was caught in a sexually compromising position with a married woman by her husband. The husband was punched in the eye by Mungo, leading the husband to attack Mungo with a butcher knife or machete, requiring Dodgers executive Babe Hamberger to smuggle Mungo in a laundry cart to a seaplane waiting off a wharf in order to escape the country.
Mungo was largely forgotten after he retired from baseball after the 1945 season, but was brought back into considerable notoriety in 1969 because of the use of his prosodic name as the title of a novelty song by Dave Frishberg. The song lyrics consist entirely of the names of baseball players of the 1940s, strung together with a bossa nova beat, but Mungo is one of only five players mentioned more than once and his name functions as a kind of refrain. According to Frishberg, The Dick Cavett Show arranged to have him sing the song to Mungo in person, and Mungo asked him backstage if there would ever be any financial remuneration for the use of his name in the song. Frishberg then told him no, but maybe Mungo could make some money if he wrote a song called "Dave Frishberg." Ironically, today Mungo is remembered primarily because of the song.
Mungo's place of birth is Pageland, South Carolina, where he also died. During his retirement in Pageland, he owned and operated the Ball Theatre until it burned down in the fifties. During its time, the theatre played such films as The Outlaw, starring Jane Russell, and was a popular entertainment center for the town. Since this was before integration. V.L. Mungo provided balcony seating for the African American population, then referred to as 'colored'. This was an innovation, since the other small movie theatre in town was segregated.
The Sporting News reported on September 13, 1961, that Van Mungo's son, Ernie Mungo, was signed as a player by the Washington Senators organization.
* New York Highlanders/Yankees (1909-1912, 1919-1921) * Boston Braves (1913) * Baltimore Terrapins (1914-1915) * Chicago White Sox (1918) * Boston Red Sox (1922-1925) * Philadelphia Athletics (1925-1930) * Brooklyn Robins/Dodgers (1931-1932) * Cincinnati Reds (1933) |highlights=<nowiki></nowiki> *World Series champion: 1929, 1930 *National League pennant: 1921 }} John Picus "Jack" Quinn, born Joannes (Jan) Pajkos (July 1, 1883 - April 17, 1946), was a pitcher in Major League Baseball.
Born in Štefurov, Slovakia (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire), Quinn emigrated to America as an infant with his parents Michael Pajkos and Maria Dzjiacsko, arriving in New York on June 18, 1884. His mother died near Hazleton, Pennsylvania shortly after the family's arrival in the US, and Quinn's father moved the family to Buck Mountain, near Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania. In 1887 Quinn's father remarried, to Anastasia ("Noska") Tzar, who is frequently, and mistakenly, listed in baseball encyclopedias as Quinn's birth mother.
Quinn spent his early years working as a coal miner and blacksmith, while playing recreational ball for mining teams. He got his start as a professional in an unusual way: While watching a semi-pro game in Connellsville, the 14-year-old Quinn threw a foul ball back from the stands to the catcher, hitting his mitt right in the middle. The visiting manager, from the nearby town of Dunbar, was impressed by the throw, and he offered Quinn a contract. Quinn went on to spend 23 seasons in the major leagues with eight different teams. He won 247 games and lost 218 games, also collecting 57 saves. Quinn debuted on April 15, 1909 and he played until he was 50 years old; his final game was on July 7, 1933.
Quinn's professional longevity enabled him to achieve several age-related milestones. He is the oldest ML player to win a game, to lead his league in a major category (saves, in 1932), and to start games in the World Series (with the Philadelphia Athletics, in 1929) and on Opening Day (with the Brooklyn Dodgers, in 1931). He was the oldest to hit a home run in the majors, at age 46, until 47-year-old Julio Franco did so in 2006. He was the oldest person to ever play for the Cincinnati Reds, and at the time of his retirement, the eight teams for which he had played also constituted a record, which has since been broken. He was also the last major leaguer who had played in the 1900s decade to formally retire (not counting Charley O'Leary, who in 1934 made a comeback stint). Finally, he remains the oldest player to play regularly, having pitched 87 1/3 innings in 1932 at age 48 and 49, and 15 innings in 1933 at age 49 and 50. (Franco and Phil Niekro were also regular players at age 48, but were one and five months younger respectively during their seasons at that age.)
During his career, Quinn played alongside 31 different members of the Baseball Hall of Fame and collected two World Series rings in three tries. He was also one of the last pitchers in baseball permitted to throw the spitball, grandfathered in along with sixteen others reliant on the pitch when it was banned in 1920. He frequently used his spitball after he was grandfathered in, in addition to his fastball, curve, and changeup.
Quinn died in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, at the age of 62.
*Boston Braves (1914-1915) *Cincinnati Reds (1918-1929) *Brooklyn Robins (1930-1931) *New York Giants (1932-1935) |highlights=<nowiki></nowiki> *World Series champion: 1914, 1919, 1933 *National League ERA champion: 1923, 1925 *National League wins champion: 1923 *3-time National League shutout leader }}
Adolfo Domingo De Guzmán "Dolf" Luque (August 4, 1890–July 3, 1957), was an early 20th century Cuban starting pitcher in Major League Baseball.
A native of Havana, Luque debuted with the Boston Braves in . In , he was traded to the Cincinnati Reds, with whom he would play the next 12 seasons. In the notorious World Series, he appeared in two games as a relief pitcher. Luque also played for the Brooklyn Robins/Dodgers from to and with the New York Giants from to . He was with the Giants in the 1933 World Series, and, pitching in relief, won the 5th and final game over the Washington Senators. He ended his career with a record of 194-179 and a 3.24 ERA.
Luque became a starting pitcher in . Although leading the National League in losses in , he had his best year in , leading the league with 27 wins and an ERA of 1.93. Luque also led the NL in ERA with a 2.63 in .
Luque's primary pitch was a curveball. Therefore, he was very analytical in his pitching. His attention to detail made him an adept teacher in his later years, and Luque served as pitching coach of the Giants from 1936-38 and 1942-45.
As a blue-eyed, fair-skinned, white Cuban, he was one of several white Cubans to make it in Major League Baseball at a time when non-whites were excluded. Between and alone, seventeen Cuban-born Caucasian players played in the Major Leagues. Many of them including Luque also played "Negro baseball" with integrated teams from Cuba. Luque played for Cuban Stars in 1912 and the Long Branch Cubans in 1913 before signing with organized baseball (Riley, 498).
Luque was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 1967.
He had a hot temper, and usually kept it under control. One day, however, when he was with the Brooklyn Dodgers, a heckler in the stands tested Luque's temper by hollering at him "Lucky Luque! Lucky Luque!" over and over until he almost drove the pitcher crazy. Luque went over to the dugout and told manager Wilbert Robinson, "I tell you, Robbie, if this guy don't shut up, I'm gonna shut him up." "Aw, come on, Dolf," said the manager. "He paid his way in--let him boo." Just then the heckler spotted the rotund Robinson and yelled, "Hey, fat belly!" Robinson said, "OK, Dolf--go ahead and clobber the jerk." Robinson never looked up as Luque did just that. (Source: Baseball's Greatest Managers, 1960)
He is buried at Colon Cemetery, Havana.
* Philadelphia Phillies (1915-1920) * New York Giants (1920-1923, 1930) * Boston Braves (1924-1927) * Brooklyn Robins (1928-1929) As Manager * Boston Braves (1924-1927) |highlights=<nowiki></nowiki> * World Series Champion: , * National League pennant: , * 5 seasons with a .300+ batting average * 3 seasons with 100+ runs scored * Managerial record: 249-363 |hofdate= |hofmethod=Veteran's Committee }}
David James "Beauty" Bancroft (April 20, 1891 - October 9, 1972) was an American baseball player who played Major League Baseball from 1915 to 1930. He is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bancroft was born in Sioux City, Iowa. He broke into the major leagues in with the Philadelphia Phillies. Bancroft played shortstop for the Phillies until when he was traded to the New York Giants. He played for the Giants until , when he was traded to the Boston Braves. Bancroft was a player-manager for the Braves for three seasons from until . He then when he went to play for the Brooklyn Robins in and . He ended his career in back with the Giants.
Bancroft was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971 by the Veterans' Committee. However, with a .279 career batting average and never getting more than seven home runs or 67 RBIs in a season, he is one of the Hall's most controversial inductees. Many attribute his election to the presence of his teammate Frankie Frisch on the Veterans' Committee. Most players with similar statistics to Bancroft do not have much of a chance of being elected to the Hall of Fame, though Bancroft's numbers compare favorably to other (admittedly also controversial) middle infielder Hall members such as Phil Rizzuto and Bill Mazeroski.