Did you know? Given name was Harold Duffield Stow ... credited with pioneering the feet-first, pop-up slide and for using the first sliding pads in a big league game ... led the league in home runs five times, in runs and triples four times, in slugging percentage and total bases three times, stolen bases twice, and RBI once ... briefly held the single-season mark for home runs with 14 in 1883 ... was the first big league player to top the century mark in home runs in 1899 and retired after the 1893 season with a record 122 homers.
Post-game: Was a longtime police captain for the New Bedford police force, retiring in 1923 ... died at age 80 on September 20, 1937.
Sources: Baseball-Reference; SABR Bio; arslongaartcards.com, accessed 2/12/2023; Boston Globe, 1/28/1923; Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 9/22/1937; Fall River Evening Herald, 1/23/1923; Kansas City Star, 9/21/1937.
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