Did you know? Was part of the 17-player Honus Wagner trade between Pittsburgh and Louisville following the 1999 season ... his brother Dick was a professional boxer.
Post-game: Worked as a minor league and college baseball umpire, as a referee at boxing and wrestling matches, and as a cashier at a restaurant ... died at age 46 on May 12, 1913 ... was inducted into the Maine Baseball HOF in 1971 and the New Brunswick Sports HOF in 1974.
Sources: Baseball-Reference; Lewiston Daily Sun, 12/10/1910; Lewiston Sun-Journal, 2/13/1906, 5/13/1913; Ottawa Citizen, 6/10/1974; Times Argus, 1/4/1971.
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