Curt Welch. 1887 baseball card of Welch. Curtis Benton Welch (February 10, 1862. Welch led the AA inhit by pitches in 1888, 1890, and 1891, and he ranked third instolen bases in 1886 and 1888. He played for the Athletics until 1890 and then had short stints with the Orioles, Reds, and Colonels. ).
WeiterlesenPretzels Getzien. 1889 baseball card of Getzien. He played all or parts of nine seasons with five differentNational League teams from 1884 to 1892. He was the first German-born regular player in the National League.
WeiterlesenCharlie Bennett. Bennett ‚declared that only a sissy would use a padded glove with the fingers and thumb cut off. The flesh was laid open right to the bone. Bennett’s baseball career ended in January 1894 when he lost both legs in a train accident in Kansas.
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