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During one of his two seasons with San Francisco, he led the league in runs scored despite compiling a batting average of only .207. [ 2 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Between July 15 and August 19, 1882, Willigrod played ten games in Major League Baseball , principally as an outfielder, for the Detroit Wolverines and Cleveland Blues of the National League .
William John Posedel (August 2, 1906 – November 28, 1989), nicknamed "Barnacle Bill", [1] was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Bees/Braves in 1938–1941 and in 1946. Posedel was born in San Francisco, California.
Pages in category "Baseball players from San Francisco" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 201 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Carey played a total of nine seasons of baseball, five of which were in the National Association (1871–1875), and the other four in the National League. [2] During two of the seasons in the National Association, he also spent some time as player-manager , with a career record of 27 wins and 21 losses.
July 7 – Satchel Paige, baseball player (died 1982) July 18 – S. I. Hayakawa, Canadian-born American academic and politician, U.S. Senator from California from 1977 to 1983 (died 1992) August 6 – Vic Dickenson, trombonist (died 1984) August 9 – Robert L. Surtees, cinematographer (died 1985) August 12 – Tedd Pierce, animator (died 1972)
Another former USF baseball player, Tyler Imbach described having suicidal thoughts in a public Instagram post in September of 2021 and told the San Francisco Chronicle this week: "The USF thing definitely compounded my mental health issues. USF was a rough experience, just the way I was treated by the coaching staff.
Joseph Bowne Elwell (46), a bridge player, was shot and killed inside his locked house in New York City on 11 June 1920. One clearly false confession the next year was discarded, and no other suspects were identified. The intense media interest in the case inspired the development of the locked-room murder subgenre of detective fiction.
William Joseph Sullivan, Sr. (February 1, 1875 – January 28, 1965) was an American professional baseball player and manager. [1] He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball, most notably as a member of the Chicago White Sox with whom he won a World Series championship in 1906. Although he was a relatively weak hitter, he sustained a ...