Charles Radbourn

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Charles Radbourn
Radbourne charles 1.jpg
Born: December 11, 1854
Rochester ,  United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Died on: February 5, 1897
Bloomington ,  United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Suggested: Right Threw: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
May 5,  1880  with the  Buffalo bison
Last MLB assignment
August 11,  1891  with the  Cincinnati Reds
MLB statistics
(until end of career)
Win-loss    309-194
ERA    3.75
Strikeouts    1,830
Teams

Awards

  • Triple Crown (1884)
  • 2 × pitchers with the most wins in the NL (1883, 1884)
  • Pitcher with the lowest ERA in the NL (1884)
  • 2 × pitchers with the most strikeouts in the NL (1882, 1884)
  • Pitched a no-hitter on July 25, 1883
member of
☆☆☆Baseball Hall of Fame☆☆☆
Recorded     1939
Special selection    Veterans Committee
Last update: February 14, 2019
Group picture of the Boston Beaneaters and New York Giants, Major League Baseball opening day 1886. Charles Radbourn, fingering the cameraman (back row, far left)

Charles Gardner Radbourn , nicknamed Old Hoss , (born December 11, 1854 in Rochester , New York , † February 5, 1897 in Bloomington , Illinois ) was an American baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB) on the position of pitcher . He also became known through a photograph in which the obscene gesture of the stinky finger was illustrated for the first time.

Life

Radbourn was born on December 11, 1854 in Rochester, New York, the second of eight children to Charles and Caroline (Gardner) Radbourn. His father had emigrated to the United States from Bristol , England, to find work as a butcher ; his mother soon followed. In 1855 the family moved to Bloomington, Illinois, where Radbourn grew up. As a teenager he worked as a butcher for his father and as a brakeman on the railroad for the "Indiana, Bloomington and Western Railway Company".

After he was first for the Peoria Reds from 1878 in use, played for the Buffalo Bisons (1880), the Providence Grays (1881-1885), the Boston Beaneaters (1886-1889), the Boston Reds (1890) and the Cincinnati Reds (1891). In 1884 Radbourn became the second National League (NL) pitcher to win the Triple Crown ; he still holds the season record with 60 points.

After his retirement, Radbourn opened a successful pool parlor in Bloomington , Illinois. He was seriously injured in a hunting accident shortly after retirement, losing an eye and spending most of the rest of his life in a back room of the salon apparently too ashamed to be seen after the injury.

Charles Radbourn died in Bloomington in 1897. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery. Radbourn was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939 . In 1941, a plaque was placed on the back of his headstone detailing his baseball career in baseball.

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personal data
SURNAME Radbourn, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Radbourn, Charles Gardner (full name); Old Hoss (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Rochester , New York
DATE OF DEATH February 5, 1897
Place of death Bloomington , Illinois