Pete Browning

Career: Played in the big leagues for parts of 14 seasons with six different teams, including Brooklyn for just one game in 1894, his last at baseball's highest level.

Did you know? Nicknamed the "Louisville Slugger" ... was the first big league player to use a bat manufactured by what would become the Hillerich and Bradsby Company ... was a three-time batting champion, who batted above .300 for seven consecutive seasons, including a career-high .402 in 1887.

Post-game: Worked as a cigar salesman and later owned and operated a saloon ... died at age 44 on September 10, 1905.

Sources: Baseball-Reference; SABR Bio; Belleville News-Democrat, 4/8/1984; Lexington Herald-Leader, 4/14/1993; Louisville Courier-Journal, 6/17/1924, 8/3/1997; St. Louis Star and Times, 2/11/1923.