july april professional baseball player career spanned seasons spent major_league_baseball mlb compiled career batting average runs scored hits doubles triples home runs runs batted rbis games played majority career spent major leagues played minor league baseball got start playing amateur baseball professional baseball debut came member mlb player oregon stood feet inches weighed pounds brother mlb player teammate early life born east portland oregon july born england moved outside oregon oregon training england moved portland opened music business organized seven siblings brothers sister siblings went play professional baseball worked music played ball portland youth play classmates attending eventually brothers tom signed amateur baseball team professional career early minor league career began professional baseball career brother teammate portland club season batted runs scored hits doubles triples home runs stolen bases games played second league home runs hits fourth doubles defensively season played base continued play portland club renamed season stated home base throws base continue admiration start season joined class western league start season said build successful baseman tall spare flesh gymnasium winter minneapolis season batted runs scored hits doubles home runs games played tied second league home runs season manager offered major_league_baseball mlb contract play club mlb debut july game stuck twice errors player appear mlb game hit second batting order season mlb season batted runs scored hits doubles triples home runs runs batted rbis seven stolen bases games played finished season fielding percentage national_league start season wrote somewhat erratic player times plays good ball good steady play necessary liable case june changed tune called work base little brilliant reported impressed person calling behaved young man despite criticism getting media fans season signed pitcher brother washington_post reported bought contract team play brother chicago brothers players oregon play mlb 19th century moved seventh chicago batting order year second season batted runs scored hits doubles triples home run rbis stolen bases games played fielding percentage base fifth highest national_league start season converted second baseman making way base manager criticized continuing play publication stated true holds high esteem insists great suffering public expect witness attempts hold second base bag season batted runs scored hits doubles triples home runs rbis stolen bases games played signed new second baseman iowa demoted role utility player responded criticism taking keeping stating realize popular chicago crowds play games abroad responded saying local fans thought buried far chicago concerned final mlb game came june played games chicago season games batted hit bats released early season later career released returned minor leagues class season batted runs scored hits doubles triples games played started season class western league starting baseman june released club signed combined clubs year batted games played signed member columbus club noted september playing great fielding game appeared game senators getting hit bats signed iowa club class western association games batted runs scored hits death baseball season returned home portland oregon health deteriorating december traveled new_mexico hopes gaining health new_mexico reported weather cold planning arizona climate mild april hospital phoenix arizona died tuberculosis earlier day father portland likely live days receiving telegram sent son train arizona dying train left station portland family got word died continued arizona retrieve brother remains remains returned april funeral held april home teammates according hundreds attended funeral people attended burial lone fir cemetery portland
Jiggs Parrott