Charles Radbourn
Charles Radbourn | |
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Born: December 11, 1854 Rochester , United States |
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Died on: February 5, 1897 Bloomington , United States |
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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) |
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Win-loss | 309-194 |
ERA | 3.75 |
Strikeouts | 1,830 |
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Baseball Hall of Fame | |
Recorded | 1939 |
Special selection | Veterans Committee |
Last update: February 14, 2019 |
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.
Web links
- Player information and statistics from MLB or Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or Baseball Reference (Minor League) (English)
- Charles Radbourn in the Baseball Hall of Fame (English)
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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 |