Did you know? Handed Harry Stovey the dreaded platinum sombrero, striking out the Boston outfielder five times on June 30, 1891 ... was a 20-game winner for the pennant-winning Baltimore Orioles in 1895.
Post-game: Worked as an attendant at a bowling alley ... died of septic poisoning at age 61 on June 3, 1930.
Sources: Baseball-Reference; Ancestry.com; Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 7/1/1891; 6/27/1930; Pittsburgh Daily Post, 6/30/1912; Saline County Democrat, 9/1/1927.
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