Players

Over the course of fifteen years of posts, I have written little blurbs about any number of players and the statistics, injuries, or trivial items that involved them. Lately, I have had more fun trying to assemble biographies of the ballplayers, mostly the obscure ones, who have wandered through more than 150 years of professional baseball. The posts listed below tend to be biographical in nature – most are full length essays, while others might be short blurbs about an event (Johnny Vander Meer’s other no-hitter, for example). Baseball has seen more than 20,000 major leaguers – I have written fair sketches of nearly 300 of them. So – there is plenty of research to be done!!!

A list of random essays can be found after the player list.

Player Bios:

(A)

John Abadie
Ody Abbott
Myron Allen
Andy Allison
Arthur Allison
Wyman (Wiman) Andrus
Robert Armstrong
Billy Arnold
John (Tug) Arundel

(B)

Les Backman
Frank Bahret
Abraham Lincoln “Link” Bailey
Charlie Baker
Dan Bankhead
John Bass
George Bausewine
Stonewall Jackson (Jack) Beach
Belve Bean
Bananas Benes (incomplete and not formally sourced)
Ike Benners
Clarence Berger
Tom Berry
Henry (Harry) Berthrong
Hugo Bezdek
Charles Bierman (also Beerman or Bearman)
Elliot Bigelow
Rivington Bisland
Howard (Dick) Blaisdell
Frank Bliss
Joe Boehling
Frank Bowes
Michael Brannock
Jim Britt
Joseph Brown
Henry Buker
Walker Buehler
Sim Bullas
Joshua Bunce
Mack Burk
Charles Burns
Frank “Buster” Burrell
Henry Burroughs
Jim Busby
Ed Butka
Ike Butler
Ormond Butler

(C)

Rip Cannell
Bart Cantz
Johnny Carr
Red Causey
Bill (Christian) Chambers
Oscar Charleston
Alta Cohen
Tom Colcolough
Orlin Collier
Will Collver
Snipe Conley
Clarence Cross
“Pop” Corkhill (More complete than the original, but sourced with fun quotes)
Forrest Crawford
Morris Critchley
Ed Cushman

(D)

Mordecai Davidson
Daisy Davis
Snake Deal
Mike Degerick
Eugene Derby
Stephen Dignan
Fred Doe (life summary on his birthdate)
James Donnelly
Bill Doran (the 1920s Cleveland rookie)
Clarence Dow
Jacob Doyle
Martin Duke
Bill Duzen

(E)

Frederick Ehlen
Ed Eiteljorg
Jim Essian
George Ewell

(F)

James Lamar “Rags” Faircloth
Bob Feller (First Opening Day No-Hitter)
Frank Fennelly
Frank Figgemeier (notes about his career with his OBIT note)
Chauncey Fisher (incomplete and not formally sourced)
George “Showboat” Fisher
Steamer Flanagan (brief summary on his birthdate)
Tom Foley (the Chicago baseball pioneer; not the Expos infielder)
Ed Ford
John Frill
Ike Futch

(G)

John Galvin
Alfred (Count) Gedney
Lefty George
John Gilbert
Claral Gillenwater
Grover Gilmore
Ed Glenn
Marv Goodwin
Walt Goldsby
Herb Gorman
Thomas Gorman (Gorman’s bio is quickly summarized on his obit note.)
Louis Graff
Mase Graffen
Rick Grapenthin
John Greason
Steve Gromek (Like Corkhill, above, it’s not very full but it’s got pictures and good quotes)
Howdy Groskloss
Whitey Guese

(H)

George Halas
Ed Halbriter (Not sure what I did with the notes/citations, but it’s pretty complete.)
Scott Hardesty
Washington Ritter (Rit) Harrison
Bruce Hartford
Charlie Hautz
Thorny Hawkes
Marvin Hawley
Crese Heismann
Ducky Hemp
George Hesselbacher
Alonzo Hicks
Vedie Himsl
Eddie Hogan
Holly Hollingshead
Leonard Hollywood
Roscoe “Watty” Holm (Incomplete, but includes the horrific tale of his death – a murder suicide)
Hanson Horsey (Longer blurb in obits section).
James Horsford
Charlie Householder
William “Dummy” Hoy

(I)

Bill Irwin (this essay covers his lone MLB game and tragic death)

(J)

Sam Jackson
Larry Jansen
Alamazoo Jennings (Brief, but complete enough.)
Nat Jewett
George Joyce

(K)

Charlie Kalbfus
Hot Rod Kanehl
Robert M. (Bob) Keating
George Keerl (incomplete – needs some sourcing, too)
Sherman “Katsy” Keifer
Bill Kellogg
Henry Kessler
John Kirby (incomplete, but sourced – under Birth Announcements)
Henry Keupper
Billy Klusman
Rudy Kneisch (A few quotes and pictures – but they are sourced)
Hub Knolls
Frank Kreeger
Jack Kull
Alex Kvasnak

(L)

Frank (Terry) Larkin
Leonidas (Funkhouser) Lee
Emil “Dutch” Levsen
Milo Lockwood
Dario Lodigiani
Len Lovett
John Luby
Memo Luna
Charlie Luskey

(M)

Stubby Magner
Jim Mallory
Gordon Maltzberger
Charlie Manlove
Walter Marbet
Bill Matthews
Fred Mauer
Adair (Paddy) Mayes
Henry (or Harry) McCormick
Jack McDonald (under Obits on November 23rd OTD).
Frank McGinn
John McGraw (why he should be booted from the Hall of Fame)
Joe McGuckin (A bit brief, but complete)
Frank McIntyre
Dave McKeough
John McMullen (incomplete, not formally sourced)
William (Mox) McQuery
George Meister (Brief and not sourced, but pretty complete.)
Alfred Metcalfe
George Miller
Allen Montreuil
Maurice (Mollie) Moore
Bob Moose
Pete Morris
Walt (Moose) Moryn
Felix Moses
Don Mueller
Frank Murphy

(N)

John W. (Candy) Nelson
Al Nevin
Frank Norton

(O)

Ollie O’Mara
Fritz Ostermueller (reprinting article in Boston Globe after he died – not a full bio)
Roy Oyler – (How Little Can a Good Glove, No-Hit Guy Hit and Keep a Job?)

(P)

Louis Pelouze
Joe Peploski
Harrison Pepper
Poll Perritt
Horace Phillips
Ollie Pickering
Al Piechota
Dave Pierson (bio in obit section…)
Elmo Plaskett
Walter Plock
George Popplein
Tom Pratt
Oscar Purner
Harry “Shadow” Pyle