Obscure players

[fan_since79]

I think I've found the most obscure baseball player of all time. A fellow named Higby, who played in one game for the Brooklyn Atlantics of the National Association in 1872. Nothing else is known about him, not even his first name.

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/higby01.shtml

 

 

[Adam]

Dude had no glove. 

[fan_since79]

That 1872 Brooklyn team played only 37 games and committed 357 errors.

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BRA/1872.shtml

[Spencer]

Plus they had only ONE pitcher on the team, who pitched every inning of every game that year.

[Mark68]

He at least had 4 ABs.

 

"Moonlight" Graham would like to be that obscure.

[yk9001]

How's his bunting?  [/scioscia]

[Blarg]

In 1872 they all held the bat like they were bunting.

[Spencer]

In 1872 they all held the bat like they were bunting.

 

So explain the home run that one of the guys hit!

[Blarg]

The Brooklyn Atlantics eventually became the Brooklyn Dodgers.

[Blarg]

So explain the home run that one of the guys hit!

Inside the park little league style no doubt considering many players back then didn't even have a glove. maybe you missed the part about 357 errors in 37 games?

[Angel Oracle]

Raviners long time manager Walter Alston had ONE MLB at bat in the late 1930s, and struck out. 

[fan_since79]

McDoolan (no first name)

Pitcher

Baltimore Marylands

 

one ML appearance

April 14, 1873

9 innings, 18 hits, 24 runs (3 earned), 59 batters faced.

0-4 at the plate.

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcdoo01.shtml

 

 

[HaloMagic]

LOL at 24 runs, 3 earned. Sounds like a CJ Wilson game. Dude pitched great. It was just the errors.

[fan_since79]

Raviners long time manager Walter Alston had ONE MLB at bat in the late 1930s, and struck out. 

That's a good trivia question. It stumps everyone when I use it. 

[Angel Oracle]

And then there's Allan Travers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Travers

 

In 1912, dude pitched an 8 inning CG and allowed 24 runs (14 earned) on 26 hits in the only MLB game he ever pitched in.

The 1912 Tigers one game strike (over Ty Cobb's suspension) enabled him to make this one appearance.  

[Blarg]

Moose Stubing had the exact same amount of wins as a manager of the Angels as he did hits as a player for the Angels.

0.

[Angel Oracle]

And also the same amount of endurance as a Big West Conference college basketball referee

Moose's gloss was "three steps left, three steps right", because that's about all the movement you ever saw from him.

[fan_since79]

Ray Shook...played in one game for the White Sox in 1916. No batting record, no fielding record. He may have been a pinch-runner, which was not recorded.

 

He does have a baseball card, however.

 

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/shookra01.shtml

 

[shellback]

In 1872 they all held the bat like they were bunting.

 

what were your batting stats that year, eric?

 

j/k

[Troutipoo27]

http://m.bbref.com/m?p=XXplayersXXbXXbrittji01-pitch.shtml&t=all_standard_pitching

[Inside Pitch]

I think I've found the most obscure baseball player of all time. A fellow named Higby, who played in one game for the Brooklyn Atlantics of the National Association in 1872. Nothing else is known about him, not even his first name.

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/higby01.shtml

 

 

Higby sucked -- this is the best obscure player of all time.

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tebeapu01.shtml

[Troutipoo27]

Ray Shook...played in one game for the White Sox in 1916. No batting record, no fielding record. He may have been a pinch-runner, which was not recorded.

He does have a baseball card, however.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/shookra01.shtml

I also have a baseball card. On the back it says I made 3 outs in one inning. It's my T-Ball card

[Docwaukee]

ha. that team was awesome.  They finished two games ahead of the 3-26 brooklyn eckfords. 

 

That poor freakin pitcher.  16 years old.  He faced 1762 batters in 335ip.  Over five per inning.  Those games must have been five hours long.  Seriously, that kids arm must have been hamburger. 

 

On a side note, the Eckfords scored 152 runs and gave up 413 in 29 games. 

[Docwaukee]

A historical excerpt mentioned that Old Hoss Radbourn - a hall of famer from that era - arm was so shot that he wouldn't warm up in front of people because it took him a number of pitches just so he could throw the distance from the mound to the plate.  He pitched over 4500 innings in 11 seasons. 

[fan_since79]

A historical excerpt mentioned that Old Hoss Radbourn - a hall of famer from that era - arm was so shot that he wouldn't warm up in front of people because it took him a number of pitches just so he could throw the distance from the mound to the plate.  He pitched over 4500 innings in 11 seasons. 

His 1884 season was ridiculous. A record of 59-12, 1.38 ERA, with 73 complete games and 11 shutouts. He faced an all-time high of 2,672 batters.