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.
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| 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.
There are papers from Sept.10th and 17th that list Hickman's record as 2-6, so someone might need to update his Baseball-Reference page. I spent a few minutes searching, and had zero luck with eithers first name. With a bit more time, somebody who's more familiar with that league, and the area, should be able to find at least one of them.
ReplyDeleteThanks for checking the newspapers, something I was too lazy to do.
DeleteI've got some more modern players for you to research.
ReplyDeleteJoseph Evans Brown, known as Joe E. Brown, was a famous actor in the 1930's and was best known for his baseball trilogy. He pitched one game in 1935 for the Mission Reds (PCL) at the age of 42. That same year he starred as a pitcher in Alibi Ike.
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Randy Poffo, better known as Macho Man, played four seasons in the minors as a catcher and outfielder. After baseball he became one of the most famous (fake) wrestlers of all time.
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