Author: dcundy57

12/01/1895 Athletics pickup Harry Buckner with their second pick in round one. Harry is a 23 year old right handed…

12/01/1894 Grant Johnson was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the second round pick 4, 20th overall. Grant is a…

01/04/1893 The ballots are counted and the results are in. One player was enshrined this year: Bobby Mathews will now…

8/31/1891 Nobody in the AL outhit Sol White this season. It became official today with the close of the regular…

8/24/1891 A red-hot bat made Sol White the obvious choice for this week’s AL Player of the Week. The Pittsburgh…

8/22/1889 The 5th time is the charm — at least for Frank Grant. The second baseman for the St. Louis…

12/01/1886 Sol White was drafted by the Phialdelphia Athletics with their first overall pick for thd 1887 season.

09/22/1886 In his first season, Frank Grant not only won the hearts and cheers of the local St. Louis fans,…

09/01/1886 Frank Grant earned August’s Rookie of the Month honors in the NL for last month’s performance. The boyish St.…

04/18/1886 Detroit second baseman Bud Fowler experienced something against the St. Louis Browns he hadn’t experienced a while: a hitless…