Did you know? Participated in Albert Spalding's famous world tour of 1888-1889 ... was the starting catcher in Brooklyn's first-ever regular season game on April 19, 1890 against Boston, batting eighth in the order and going 0-for-3 with a run scored in a 15-9 loss ... hit the first pinch-hit home run in major league history on May 14, 1892.
Post-game: Managed in the minor leagues, and later was a major league scout and coach ... died October 29, 1938 at age 72 after a lengthy illness.
Sources: Baseball-Reference; arslongaartcards.com, accessed 1/22/2023; Brooklyn Citizen, 4/20/1890; Brooklyn Eagle, 11/1/1938; New York Times, 5/15/1892; The Sporting News, 11/10/1938; Mark Lamster, Spalding's World Tour (New York: PublicAffairs, 2006); David Vincent, Home Run (Washington, DC: Potomac Books, Inc., 2007).
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