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Leonard George Koenecke (January 18, 1904 in Baraboo, Wisconsin, USA – September 17, 1935 in Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada) was an American baseball player who played Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants. He died of a blow to the head mid-flight at the hands of the pilot and a passenger after attempting to take ...
Callahan is also the only pitcher to have collected five hits in a game three times: June 29, 1897; May 18, 1902; and May 18, 1903. [5] Callahan finished his major league career with 901 hits and 99 wins. Since then, no player has matched both these numbers, although Babe Ruth came close.
Joseph Thomas Callahan (October 8, 1916 – May 24, 1949) was a professional baseball pitcher. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball , 1939 and 1940, for the Boston Bees . Callahan died on May 24, 1949, of cerebral embolism complicated by rheumatic heart disease and pneumonia.
Repeated studies have shown that contemporary Major League Baseball players have a greater life expectancy than males in the general U.S. population — about five years more, on average, which is attributed to their superior fitness and healthy lifestyles. The longer the active career, the longer the player lives, on average.
Leo David Callahan (August 9, 1890 – May 2, 1982) is an American former professional baseball player who played outfield for the 1913 Brooklyn Dodgers and the 1919 Philadelphia Phillies. External links
A New York county has reached a $1.75 million settlement with the family of a man shot and killed by police in his home in 2011. Suffolk County, on Long Island, has agreed to pay the settlement to ...
Officer Brian Sicknick, mortally wounded by a fire extinguisher to the head while defending the U.S. Capitol from rioters, was a true American patriot: An Iraq War veteran, unafraid to question ...
Benjamin Franklin Callahan (May 19, 1957 – January 9, 2007) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball. The right-hander was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 31st round of the 1980 amateur draft, then traded to the Oakland Athletics on June 15, 1983. One week later he made his major league debut ...