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After being shot in Chicago, Waitkus did not play again in the 1949 season, in which he compiled a .306 batting average with 27 RBI and 41 runs scored in 54 games played. [11] However Waitkus did return in uniform, although not to action, on August 19, 1949, for "Eddie Waitkus Night" at Shibe Park , at which he was feted by the Phillies and ...
Emmett James "Tim" McKeithan (November 2, 1906 – August 30, 1969) was an American Major League Baseball player who was a pitcher with the Philadelphia Athletics of the American League from 1932 until 1934. He was 6-foot-2-inch (1.88 m), weighed 182-pound (83 kg), while batting and throwing right-handed.
September – Matthew Porter, 47, player-manager for the 1884 Kansas City Cowboys of the Union Association. August 31 – Alex Voss , 48, utility for the Nationals and Cowboys in the 1884 season. September 22 – George Davies , 38, pitcher who posted an 18–24 record and a 3.32 ERA for the Spiders, Brewers and Giants from 1891 to 1893.
The 1906 major league baseball season began on April 12, 1906. The regular season ended on October 7, with the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox as regular season champions of the National League and American League , respectively.
Samuel Luther Thompson (March 5, 1860 – November 7, 1922), nicknamed "Big Sam", was an American professional baseball player from 1884 to 1898 and with a brief comeback in 1906. At 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m), the Indiana native was one of the larger players of his day and was known for his prominent handlebar mustache.
Thomas H. "Toad" Ramsey (August 8, 1864 – March 27, 1906) was an American Major League Baseball player who pitched in the majors from 1885 to 1890.Ramsey spent his entire career in the American Association, split between playing for the Louisville Colonels and St. Louis Browns.
William Earl Essick (December 18, 1880–October 12, 1951), nicknamed "Vinegar Bill", was an American professional baseball pitcher in the Major Leagues. A native of Illinois, he attended Knox College and Lombard College. Essick pitched for the Cincinnati Reds during the seasons of 1906 and 1907.
He played for the University of Vermont in 1905, accumulating a 4–0 record before signing a contract with the Chicago Cubs in May. Reulbach won at least 17 games in every season from 1905 to 1909. In the 1906 World Series (ultimately won in six games by the Chicago White Sox ), Reulbach shone in Game 2 at South Side Park , giving up only one ...