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Thomas Joseph Carey (March 1846 – August 16, 1906), born J. J. Norton, was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Carey joined the 17th New York Volunteer Infantry in September 1863. He claimed to have fought at Bentonville, Jonesboro and Atlanta before being discharged in July 1865. [1]
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.
William (Billy) Ashley Sunday (November 19, 1862 [1] – November 6, 1935) was an American evangelist and professional baseball outfielder.He played for eight seasons in the National League before becoming the most influential American preacher during the first two decades of the 20th century.
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.
Marty Bergen (1900), American baseball player, cut throat with a razor after killing his family with an ax [142] David Berman (2019), American musician and poet, hanging [143] John Berryman (1972), American poet, jumped off the Washington Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota [144] Bruno Bettelheim (1990).
baseball player (shortstop) car Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Mondli Cele: 1989 2016 26 years South African footballer car Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Cele died in collision. [88] Giambattista Cescutti: 1939 2023 84 years Italian basketball player and head coach pedestrian Udine, Italy Cescutti was hit by a vehicle while walking in heavy ...
McLean was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick. He earned the nickname Larry after the alternate moniker ascribed to Nap Lajoie, a star baseball player who McLean was said to resemble. [1] In 1901, while McLean and Fred Mitchell were playing for a local team in Saint John, New Brunswick, they were scouted and signed by the fledgling Boston Red ...