january february professional baseball player played catcher major_league_baseball mlb played teams season career seasons brooklyn national_league playing days height listed inch weight pound batted threw right handed blonde hair member local washington militia played amateur baseball games life playing tended bar noted friendly individual quick friends fan favorite hometown washington heavy caused miss games team movements occasion late career alcohol issues tolerated eventually exit game died age year long battle tuberculosis early life born january washington father michael worked ice dealer later working business began playing amateur baseball city ward team known team named later member company local militia played catcher 5th maryland regiment june game won washington baseball career early career mlb debut june starting catcher injured finger inning trying catch bad pitch thrown leave game june injured pitch forced leave game finger played games nationals collecting hits bats signed played games sold july soon deal hold claimed deal place players september arbitration board leagues convened render findings found detroit contract players dated july superseded cincinnati contract signed july awarded detroit players detroit sold contracts players london play london play games going bats brooklyn played seasons batting average improved new league created players league signed ward wonders brooklyn season batting average caught games june hit home run career game later july hit home runs game buffalo time achieve feat folded following season stayed brooklyn signing followed hired team new manager shortly services kept exclusive team listed players covered reserve clause game july ward described played games brooklyn primarily catcher batting average continued platoon daily played games improved batting average hit home runs catcher longer team playing time increased slightly games batting average dropped tied career high home runs popular player time brooklyn caused trouble team point season restricted playing home games owner signing contract brooklyn wrote letter owner conduct previous season vowed improve significantly going forward batting average improved season playing games sharing time daily late career january traded brooklyn quickly disputed deal claiming earlier agreement pittsburgh manager brought exchange despite dispute brooklyn deal went forward joined pirates catching duties split little playing time allotted behavior problem pirates fined missing game drinking late suspended failing game washington june failed ready road series released team conduct expressed sorrow shock getting released claiming drank brooklyn issue fines behavior instead games played pittsburgh batting average received interest cincinnati claimed wanted remainder year ready season season tended bar owned washington mainly passing time opening playing games reported agreed play games collected seven hits bats batting average playing little signed senators season admitted weight increased time game quickly drop weight began playing appeared games washington sold august played additional games released team conclusion season career games played batting average home runs runs batted personal life known sunny disposition quick friends united states census living father working dealer listed married years wife living home died hometown washington year long battle consumption tuberculosis interred
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