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| Born: December 7, 1847 Canton, New York |
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| Died: July 7, 1939 (aged 91) Aurora, Illinois |
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| Batted: Left | Threw: Right | |
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| April 24, 1876 for the Chicago White Stockings |
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| October 4, 1890 for the Buffalo Bisons |
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| Batting average | . Catcher is also a general term for a fielder who catches the ball in Cricket. A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in Baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Canton New York is a town and a village in the US state of New York New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Aurora is the second-largest City in the US state of Illinois, with a population of 175952 (2007 est The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Champions National League: Chicago White Stockings Major League Baseball final standings Statistical The Chicago Cubs are a Professional Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Champions World Series: Brooklyn Bridegrooms 3 Louisville Colonels 3 1 tie National League: Brooklyn Bridegrooms The Buffalo Bisons of 1890 were a member of the short-lived Players League. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 303 | |
| Hits | 1619 | |
| RBI | 756 | |
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James Laurie "Deacon" White (December 7, 1847 - July 7, 1939) was an American professional baseball player in the National Association throughout its 5-year existence, and later for 15 seasons in the National League and Players League of Major League Baseball. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (NAPBBP or simply the National Association (NA was founded in 1871 and lasted through the 1875 season The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball The Players' National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs, popularly known as the Players' League (sometimes rendered as Players League) was a short-lived but His brother Will was a major league pitcher, and briefly his teammate. William Walter "Whoop-La" White ( October 11 1854 - August 31 1911) was an American Major League Baseball In Baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the Pitcher's mound toward the Catcher to begin each play with the goal of Born in Caton, New York, Deacon White's pro career began in 1868 with the Forest City club, at a time when no team was entirely composed of professional players. Caton is a Town in Steuben County, New York, United States. The population was 2097 at the 2000 census Baseball A few clubs count base hits and total bases on hits for every player beside the commonplace "official scoring" of runs and times put out ( He was a catcher and third baseman, playing through 1890, whose long career allowed him to play with many of the legendary characters of 19th century professional baseball. Catcher is also a general term for a fielder who catches the ball in Cricket. A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in Baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of Champions World Series: Brooklyn Bridegrooms 3 Louisville Colonels 3 1 tie National League: Brooklyn Bridegrooms The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar White played on the great National Association Boston Red Stockings teams of the early 1870s. He also played with Cap Anson and Al Spalding in Chicago, King Kelly in Cincinnati, Dan Brouthers in Buffalo, Ned Hanlon and Sam Thompson in Detroit, as well as Jake Beckley and Pud Galvin in Pittsburgh. Adrian Constantine Anson ( April 17 1852 &ndash April 14 1922) known by the nicknames "Cap" (for "Captain" and Albert Goodwill Spalding ( Byron, Illinois September 2 1850 &ndash September 9 1915 in Point Loma, California) was a professional Baseball The Chicago Cubs are a Professional Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. For the unrelated fictitious baseball character King Kelly see It Happens Every Spring. The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati Ohio, USA Dennis Joseph "Dan" Brouthers (ˈbruːθərz (May 8 1858 – August 2 1932 was an American First baseman in Major League Baseball whose career spanned This article is about the minor league baseball franchise for other teams named Buffalo Bisons see Buffalo Bisons (disambiguation. Edward Hugh "Ned" Hanlon ( August 22, 1857 - April 14, 1937) was a 19th century Major League Baseball player and Samuel Luther Thompson ( March 5, 1860 - November 7, 1922) was a 19th century Major League Baseball player The Detroit Wolverines were a 19th century Baseball team that played in the National League from 1881 to 1888 in the city of Detroit Michigan. Jacob Peter Beckley ( August 4, 1867 &ndash June 25, 1918) nicknamed "Eagle Eye" was a Major League Baseball player James Francis "Pud" Galvin ( December 25, 1856 &ndash March 7, 1902) an American professional Baseball The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
White led his respective league in batting average twice, and runs batted in three times. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively He started out early enough to have played against the undefeated Cincinnati Red Stockings of 1869, baseball's first all-professional team. The Cincinnati Red Stockings of 1869 were Baseball 's first openly all-professional team Baseball The original Cincinnati Red Stockings field baseball's first fully professional team ten men including player-manager Harry Wright He was considered the best barehanded catcher of his time, as well as one of the best third baseman during the second half of his career. To top it all off, in the rough-and-tumble 19th-century baseball era, Deacon really was a nonsmoking, Bible-toting, church-going deacon. Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin
According to Lee Allen in The National League Story (1961), White was one of the last people to believe that the earth is flat. Leland Gaither "Lee" Allen ( January 12 1915 - May 20 1969) was an American sportswriter and historian The idea of a flat Earth is the idea that the surface of the Earth is flat (a plane) rather than the view that it is a very close approximation of He tried and failed to convince his teammates that they were living on a flat plane and not a globe; they ridiculed him. Then one asked to be convinced, and the Deacon gave him an argument suited to the hypothesis that the earth is not really turning. He convinced the teammate but the argument would not prove that the earth is not a sphere.
He died in Aurora, Illinois at the age of 91. Aurora is the second-largest City in the US state of Illinois, with a population of 175952 (2007 est
Highlight
- White earned the first hit in baseball's first fully professional league – a double off of Bobby Mathews of the Fort Wayne Kekiongas in the first inning of the first game in National Association history on May 4, 1871. Robert T Mathews ( November 21, 1851 – April 17, 1898) was a Right-handed professional Baseball Pitcher for The Fort Wayne Kekiongas were a professional Baseball team notable for having won the first professional game of baseball ever played on May 4, 1871.
See also
- List of major league players with 2,000 hits
- List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 runs
- List of Major League Baseball RBI champions
- List of Major League Baseball batting champions
- List of Major League Baseball triples champions
- 1887 Detroit Wolverines season
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
- BaseballLibrary.com - biography and career highlights
| Preceded by First Champion |
National League RBI Champion 1876-1877 |
Succeeded by Paul Hines |
| Preceded by Ross Barnes |
National League Batting Champion 1877 |
Succeeded by Paul Hines |
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