Saturday, May 14, 2022

114 pound pitcher relieves deaf and dumb southpaw

 Just a short little note today. The 1911 Topeka Jayhawks, of the Class-A Western League, had a pitcher named Hickman who weighed just 114 pounds, which may be the non-Japanese record. 

St. Joseph Gazette, Missouri. 1911-8-18, p.7. 

He had a 2-5 record in 10 games. 

The Jayhawks also had a deaf and dumb pitcher named Reynolds, who was relieved by Hickman in this particular game. 


Reynolds isn't listed on Baseball Reference, unfortunately. 

Some quick KBO notes: Do-yeong Kim is a phenom; Ryu not doing great

 It's fun to spot foreign phenoms early on. Recently-posted KBO 2nd baseman Hyseseong Kim is in the news right now, but I just stumbled ...