july december known professional baseball player played base major_league_baseball mlb member pennant winning new_york_giants member world series champions beginning professional career minor league baseball played mlb baltimore_orioles washington senators national_league jumping rival american_league play baltimore_orioles returned playing new_york_giants played milwaukee brewers troubled personal life suffered depression members family committed suicide season rumors signing minor league team committed suicide career early career began professional baseball career minor league baseball team representing hometown kentucky played kentucky teams representing lexington played class virginia league initially played positions pitcher catcher baseman august national_league purchased fill injured second baseman batted hitting power committed errors games released following completion season played season moved base batted leading triples major_league_baseball purchased toronto current dollar terms september senators traded baltimore_orioles december played season batted runs batted rbi good fifth place manager hired manage season receiving ownership stake team assigned star players including finished second team rbis batted july traded senators senators batted rest season short money senators sold current dollar terms march left cardinals end season unknown reasons cardinals replaced formation american_league competitor joined fellow players jumped following cardinals teammate player manager baltimore_orioles season signed struggled debt star player son law owner reported team owed current dollar terms unable afford debt purchased shares team majority owning team shares july sold interest principal owner giants principal owner cincinnati_reds day released contracts signed giants joining signed giants days earlier brush signed reds giants installed base moving pitcher stole bases season season giants teammates threatened quit team treatment brush giants owner allegedly going promise provide giants monetary bonus having giants finish share gate receipts exhibition games paid current dollar terms brush allegedly current dollar terms rumored join outlaw league california stole bases finishing fourth stole bases setting record record stood stole bases game stole game led team batting average home runs season giants won pennant refused compete world series brush refused face champion following johnson developed reputation fighter april game philadelphia_phillies punched catcher thrown home plate hit ball resulting players ejected game batted triples giants won pennant second consecutive year competing world series series giants won games contributed bat glove batted series recorded rbis hits game victory briefly suspended president fighting finished fielding percentage base served giants team captain despite rumors began giants looking trade team denied season report surfaced giants shift outfield base order replace denied claim suffered broken wrist hit pitch thrown cincinnati_reds spring training returned giants shape midway season bat season winter trade rumours began giants trade reds instead giants traded cecil december baseman designated replacement reporter asked pointing years old replied taken better care despite discussion appointing player manager role assigned agreeing terms president played games season batted april game giants insulted slow referring damned ice wagon noting giants lost lot games season game went giants hotel waited return theatre fought room released season later career signed class season played milwaukee batting career low reports sign team louisville kentucky near home career ended death december personal life invested real estate financial holdings near home career time death property assessed worth approximately current dollar terms family suffered severe clinical depression condition ran family sisters committed suicide mother died new year eve brothers died result accidental shooting brothers committed suicide death december committed suicide shooting heart louisville hotel time death years old reportedly best health humor seen survived sisters despite family history suicide believed brother murdered diamond ring valued current dollar terms seen wearing missing
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