Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: Abner Powell, Bid McPhee, Billy Earle, Billy Serad, Bill Irwin (baseball), Bill McCaffrey, Bill Mountjoy, Bill Tierney (baseball), Bill Traffley, Bug Holliday, Charley Jones, Charlie Petty, Chick Fulmer, Clarence Stephens (baseball), Dan Bickham, Dan Stearns, Farmer Vaughn, Frank Berkelbach, Frank Fennelly, Fred Lewis (1880s outfielder), George Miller (baseball), George Pechiney, George Tebeau, Gus Shallix, Harry McCormick (baseball), Harry Wheeler, Heinie Kappel, Henry Luff, Hick Carpenter, Hugh Nicol, Icicle Reeder, Jack Boyle, Jack O'Connor (catcher), Jeremiah Reardon, Jesse Duryea, Jimmy Macullar, Jimmy Peoples, Jimmy Woulfe, Jim Clinton, Jim Keenan, Joe Murphy (baseball), Joe Sommer, John Kirby (baseball), John Reilly (baseball), John Weyhing, Jumbo McGinnis, Kid Baldwin, Larry McKeon (baseball), Leech Maskrey, Lee Richmond, Lee Viau, Lefty Marr, Lou Sylvester, Mike Shea (baseball), Mike Smith (1890s outfielder), Ned Bligh, Ollie Beard, Phil Powers (baseball), Podge Weihe, Pop Snyder, Ren Deagle, Rex Smith (baseball), Rudy Kemmler, Theodore Conover, Tom Mansell, Tony Mullane, Tug Thompson, Wild Bill Widner, Will White. Excerpt: Clarence Geoghan "Kid" Baldwin ()October 1, 1864 - July 10, 1897)) was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played seven seasons at the Major League level. In addition to playing catcher, Baldwin also played outfield, third base, second base and first base. He also pitched two games in the 1885 season. Baldwin began to play baseball after his family moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where he attracted attention catching for a local baseball club called the Stars. St. Louis journalist Al Spink discovered Baldwin and a pitcher named Oberbeck on a North St. Louis lot one Sunday to fill in when a visiting team of semiprofessionals called the Eckfords who came in from Chicago, Illinois without a pitcher and catcher. Spink would later recall that Baldwin and Oberbeck were the best on the Eckfords roster. A year or two after Baldwin was introduced to team baseball he entered the professional ranks playing for the Springfield, Illinois team of the Northwestern League in 1883, one of the first Minor League circuits. With Springfield he used his strong throwing arm as a pitcher rather than his traditional position, catcher. His stay in Springfield was so short that his statistics for the club were not listed in the Northwestern League's official records and not much is known of his first season in professional play. The Sporting News years later told a story of the cocky young Kid opening what he expected to be a note from a female admirer, only to find that it actually contained his release notice. Another, more hostile source said in 1884 that Baldwin had proven himself "a fair player in the Springfield Club" but that "with his mouth he came very near breaking up the nine. Then he was bounced." After his release from Springfield in 1883, Baldwin joined the Quincy, Illinois ball club, which was a lackluster team on its way to a distant last-place finish in the Northwestern League. He soon took his revenge by pitching his new team to a victory over Springfield. At Quincy, however,