Did you know? In 1890 led the NL in runs scored with 148, while stealing 85 bases, second only to Billy Hamilton ... suffered a concussion and was carted off the field along with outfielder Thomas "Oyster" Burns after the players collided violently chasing a short pop fly to shallow right on July 20, 1891.
Post-game: Died of typhoid fever on May 21, 1892, one month after his 28th birthday.
Sources: Baseball-Reference; arslongaartcards.com, accessed 1/23/2023; St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 5/23/1892; Robert M. Gorman and David Weeks, Death at the Ballpark, (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., Inc., 2015).
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