Did you know? Last name is pronounced BROO-thurz ... led the league in OPS eight times, slugging percentage seven times, batting and on base percentage five times, and home runs twice ... hit a home run in 1894 that traveled 1,300 feet--500 on the fly and another 800 rolling down three city blocks.
Post-game: Worked as a groundskeeper at the Polo Grounds and Yankee Stadium ... died at age 72 on August 2, 1932 ... was inducted into the National Baseball HOF in 1945.
Sources: Baseball-Reference; Baltimore Sun, 7/6/1913; Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 7/19/1932; Poughkeepsie Eagle-News, 8/3/1932.
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