Saturday, January 21, 2023

George Crable

Career: Appeared in two games with Brooklyn in 1910.

Did you know? Hurled a Texas League no-hitter on July 23, 1914. 

Post-game: Was a longtime vaudeville performer, who briefly owned and operated a cigar shop in Fremont, Nebraska, and later moved to Florida and changed his name ... died at age 80 on August 8, 1965.

Sources: Baseball-Reference; SABR Bio; Austin American, 7/24/1914; Brooklyn Eagle, 8/21/1949; Fremont Tribune, 7/29/1931; The Leigh World, 1/30/1931.

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