Worcester Grays Players

Download or read book Worcester Grays Players written by Source Wikipedia and published by Booksllc.Net. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Arthur Irwin, Art Whitney, Billy Hamilton (baseball), Bill Annis, Bill Rollinson, Bobby Wheelock, Charlie Bennett, Charlie Jones (infielder), Dick Conway, Doc Bushong, Eddie Fusselback, Ed Flanagan (baseball), Ed Kennedy (outfielder), Frank Heifer, Frank Whitney (baseball), Fred Demarais, Gene Derby, George Henry (baseball), George Stovey, George Walker (baseball), George Wood (baseball), Gid Gardner, Grant Briggs, Harry Lyons, Harry Wheeler, Henry Lynch, Henry Myers (shortstop), Ike Benners, Jerry Turbidy, Jim Cudworth, Jim Mutrie, John Kelty, John Lyston, John Meister, John Stafford (baseball), Law Daniels, Lee Richmond, Lon Knight, Mike Sullivan (pitcher), Sam Crane (second baseman), Sam Shaw, Sam Weaver (baseball), Steve Brady (baseball), Ted Scheffler, Tommy Dowd (baseball), Tom Cahill (baseball), Tricky Nichols, Tug Wilson. Excerpt: William Robert "Sliding Billy" Hamilton (February 16, 1866 - December 15, 1940) was a 19th-century Major League Baseball player. He holds a number of offensive records that still stand today, and was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in 1961. Born in Newark, New Jersey, Hamilton broke into the Majors in the American Association with the Kansas City Cowboys in 1888 at the age of 22 and established himself as a star the following season by batting .301 with 144 runs and 111 stolen bases. In 1890, Hamilton was sold to the Philadelphia Phillies for cash by the Cowboys, who were ceasing their operation. The timing could not have been better for the team from Philadelphia as Sam Thompson joined the club the prior season and Ed Delahanty would become a Phillie the following year. He is one of only five batters, through August 2009, to have hit both a leadoff and walk-off home run in the same game (having done so in 1892), the others being Vic Power (1957), Darin...