Did you know? Was related to the West Virginia family that engaged in a notorious and deadly feud with the McCoys of Kentucky during the late 1800s ... played on the 1888 and 1889 World Series champion New York Giants ... belted a triple and home run in his Brooklyn debut on August 18, 1893 ... his older brother John played and, for a time, managed the New York Mutuals.
Post-game: Worked as a bank clerk for the Hudson Trust Company in his hometown of Hoboken, NJ ... died of heart disease at age 66 on May 26, 2921.
Sources: Baseball-Reference; Ancestry.com; Allentown Morning Call, 5/28/1921; Brooklyn Citizen, 8/19/1893; Minneapolis Times, 11/10/1989; New York Evening World, 5/28/1921; Topeka Daily Capital, 5/28/1921.
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