baseball october august american baseball pitcher outfielder played seasons major_league_baseball mlb played possessing rare combination batting right handed throwing left handed served primarily right fielder pitch signed having previously played minor league baseball debut september pitched considered hitter following season joined july starting minor leagues year away major leagues signed pittsburgh_pirates august season traded played final game september personal life born october barry illinois father immigrated united_states scotland mother born america played baseball semi professional club nearby rose fame left handed pitcher probably rarity eventually got opportunity play major leagues turned professional baseball career ended moved milwaukee wisconsin married wife son born order support new family time continued play baseball albeit amateur baseball night august died sleep age death treated suspicious post examination found broken ribs led death interred union cemetery milwaukee professional career louis signed near end season prior experience minor league baseball team desperate need players situation players major league experience begin league situation helped fact compete established national_league newly formed highly popular league lasted season able terms attendance fortunes teams consequently struggled pay players salaries utilize amateur semi professional minor league players major league debut september starting game resulted win allow single hit athletics seven innings game called darkness game previously considered hitter rule change mlb definition hitter hit game span minimum innings result debut hitters deleted official record books days debut faced athletics second major league start followed dazzling debut solid performance giving hit single win ended innings subsequent starts disappointing notably loss inability hold exposed finished season win loss record earned run average era strikeouts walked games started contract expired end season major league team signed began season minor league baseball team competed illinois iowa league tenure pilgrims successful albeit brief compiled record era games started threw soon demonstrated best pitcher league holding opposing teams hits separate games pitching performances caught eye manager offered month contract originally agreed deal subsequently wanted citing change heart eventually forced accept offer threatened pilgrims struggling financially received ace folded soon left team arrived chicago july start consecutive days young performed poorly games managed win shelled inning cincinnati_reds day gave seven runs innings starts appear game august relief face control issues trouble holding dodgers released week later having walked batters innings pitched ended season playing minor league went illinois iowa league joined pitched season record era strikeouts innings pitched pitched limited opponents hits different complete games threw hitter league struggling financially end league postseason request release granted start signed new rule introduced pitcher mound feet inches away home plate increase feet distance gave batters greater advantage despite noted ability adapt new rule better pitchers league evident able garner record innings pitched control suffered struck batters walked contributing whip season early june speculation players salaries cut order sustain league allegedly verge collapsing weeks teammates departed left team joining continued stellar pitching performances record era innings reducing number walks issued pittsburgh pirates signed pittsburgh_pirates start season stint team dismal posted record era control ability continued diminish evident walks issued mere strikeouts games pitched august traded exchange game battered opposing team giving hits earned runs complete game start team finished era innings pitched pitching struggles changed positions played games outfield time organization making assists committed errors resulting fielding percentage overall statistics year mixed pitching record era strikeouts walks issued innings pitched offensive numbers impressive posted batting average amassed hits doubles triples runs batted slugging percentage plate appearances striking times conclusion season released minors returned minor league baseball joining spending month team moved league played seasons utilized exclusively outfielder onwards centre controversy philadelphia_phillies drafted promised brewers return need services instantly detroit_tigers phillies president acknowledging assisting collaborating tigers requested transaction case went tribunal ruled favour brewers joined league disbanded june year joined detroit_tigers american_league released end season having batted games returned expanded illinois indiana played seasons career unclear writes signed team based illinois played remainder year retiring professional baseball
George Nicol (baseball)