The Eau Claire Commissioners were a Minnesota–Wisconsin League minor league baseball team that played under that name from 1910 to 1912, Notably, which Major League Baseball Hall of Famer played for the team, an American professional baseball player, and the last pitcher officially permitted to throw the spitball?
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Eau Claire Commissioners The Eau Claire Commissioners were a Minnesota–Wisconsin League minor league baseball team that played under that name from 1910 to 1912. The team was based in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Notably, Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Burleigh Grimes played for the team. Jack Kading played for the club when they were the Puffs.
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Burleigh Grimes Burleigh Arland Grimes (August 18, 1893 – December 6, 1985) was an American professional baseball player, and the last pitcher officially permitted to throw the spitball. Grimes made the most of this advantage and he won 270 games and pitched in four World Series over the course of his 19-year career. He was elected to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1954, and to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964.
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Rube Schauer Rube Schauer (born Dimitri Ivanovich Dimitrihoff ("Дми́трий Иванович Дми́трихов" ) on March 19, 1891 in Kamenka, Russian Empire – April 15, 1957 in Minneapolis, Minnesota), was a Major League Baseball player who played pitcher from 1913 -1917 . Schauer played for the New York Giants and Philadelphia Athletics.
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Roy Witherup Foster Leroy Witherup (July 26, 1886 – December 23, 1941) was a professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of three seasons in Major League Baseball between 1906 and 1909 for the Boston Beaneaters (1906) and Washington Senators (1908–09). Listed at 6 ft , 185 lb., Witherup batted and threw right-handed. He was born in North Washington, Pennsylvania.
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Earl Henry Earl Clifford Henry (June 10, 1917 – December 10, 2002), nicknamed "Hook", was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. He pitched two games for the Cleveland Indians during the 1944 Cleveland Indians season and 15 games during the 1945 Cleveland Indians season.
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Dock Ellis Dock Phillip Ellis, Jr. (March 11, 1945 – December 19, 2008) was an American professional baseball player. A pitcher, Ellis played in Major League Baseball from through for the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Texas Rangers, and New York Mets. In his MLB career, he had a 138–119 () record, a 3.46 earned run average, and 1,136 strikeouts.
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Joe Heving Joseph William Heving (September 2, 1900 – April 11, 1970) was a professional baseball player. Heving played as a pitcher for the New York Giants, Chicago White Sox (1933–34), Cleveland Indians (1937–38 and 1941–44), Boston Red Sox (1938–40) and Boston Braves (1945).
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Jim Hegan James Edward Hegan (August 3, 1920 – June 17, 1984) was an American professional baseball player, coach and scout. He played for seventeen seasons as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1941 to 1942 and from 1946 to 1960 , most notably for the Cleveland Indians. After his playing career was over, he became a coach and scout in a baseball career that spanned almost 40 years. While he was light-hitting as an offensive player, he was notable for being one of the best defensive catchers of his era and a capable handler of pitching staffs.
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Hooks Dauss George August "Hooks" Dauss (September 22, 1889 – July 27, 1963), born George August Daus, was a professional baseball player from 1909 to 1926. He played 15 seasons of Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher for the Detroit Tigers from 1912 to 1926. He was given the nickname "Hooks", because his curveball was hard to hit. He compiled a career record of 223–182 with a 3.30 earned run average (ERA). His best years were 1915 when he had a 24–13 record in 1915, 1919 with a 21–9 record, and 1923 with a 21–13 record. Dauss continues to hold the Detroit Tigers franchise record for most wins by a pitcher with 223.
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Bill Burns (baseball) William Thomas "Bill" Burns (January 27, 1880 – June 6, 1953), nicknamed "Sleepy Bill," was an American baseball player who played as a pitcher in Major League Baseball for five different teams from 1908 to 1912. Burns earned his nickname for his noticeable lack of intensity on the mound.
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Ray Harrell Raymond James Harrell (February 16, 1912 – January 28, 1984) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, and New York Giants.
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Randy Kramer Randall John Kramer (born September 20, 1960) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched in all or part of four seasons in the majors, between and , for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs and Seattle Mariners.
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Elmer Leonard Elmer Ellsworth Leonard (November 12, 1888 – May 27, 1981), nicknamed "Tiny", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1911 season.
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Grover Cleveland Alexander Grover Cleveland Alexander (February 26, 1887 – November 4, 1950), nicknamed "Old Pete", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played from 1911 through 1930 for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and St. Louis Cardinals. He was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1938.
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Al Schulz Albert Christopher Schulz (May 12, 1889 – December 13, 1931), was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1912 -1916 . He would play for the New York Yankees, Buffalo Buffeds, and Cincinnati Reds.
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Claude Passeau Claude William Passeau (April 9, 1909 – August 30, 2003) was an American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1935 through 1947 , Passeau played with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1935), Philadelphia Phillies (1936–39) and Chicago Cubs (1939–47). He batted and threw right-handed. In a 13-year career, Passeau posted a 162–150 record with 1104 strikeouts and a 3.32 ERA in 2179.2 innings.
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Bill Fischer (baseball) William Charles Fischer (born October 11, 1930, at Wausau, Wisconsin) is a former American Major League Baseball pitcher for five American League teams in his nine-year career (1956–64). He later was a longtime pitching coach for three MLB clubs. He stood 6' (183 cm) tall, weighed 190 pounds (86 kg) and threw and batted right-handed.
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Dan Cotter Daniel Joseph "Dan" Cotter (April 14, 1867 – September 4, 1935), was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played with the Buffalo Bisons of the Players' League in 1890 . Cotter played in one game for the Bisons on July 16, 1890. He pitched a complete game, but allowed 18 hits, 7 base on balls, and 14 earned runs. He also went hitless at the plate in four at bats. Buffalo lost the game 19-0. Cotter later played for the Lewiston, Maine ballclub of the New England League in 1892.
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Herb Pennock Herbert Jefferis Pennock (February 10, 1894 – January 30, 1948) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball from 1912 through 1933. He is best known for his time spent with the star-studded New York Yankee teams of the mid to late 1920s and early 1930s.
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Chief Bender Charles Albert "Chief" Bender (May 5, 1884 – May 22, 1954) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball during the first two decades of the 20th century. In 1911, Bender tied a record by pitching three complete games in a single World Series. He finished his career with a win-loss record of 212-127, for a .625 winning percentage and a career 2.46 earned run average (ERA).
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Whitey Wilshere Vernon Sprague "Whitey" Wilshere (August 3, 1912 – May 23, 1985) was a professional baseball pitcher. He played three seasons in Major League Baseball from 1934 to 1936 with the Philadelphia Athletics. He batted and threw left-handed.
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Lou Bauer Louis Walter Bauer (November 30, 1898 – February 4, 1979) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Bauer played for Philadelphia Athletics in the 1918 season.