About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: King Kelly, Lip Pike, Deacon White, Charlie Gould, Ross Barnes, Bob Addy, Cal McVey, Charlie Sweasy, Andy Leonard, Nat Hicks, Jimmy Hallinan, Bobby Mathews, Candy Cummings, Levi Meyerle, Charley Jones, Buttercup Dickerson, Chub Sullivan, Harry Wheeler, Ned Cuthbert, Dory Dean, Cherokee Fisher, Blondie Purcell, Scott Hastings, Joe Gerhardt, John Clapp, Hick Carpenter, John Reilly, Jack Manning, Billy Geer, Pop Smith, Charlie Reilley, Will White, Sam Wright, Lou Say, Pete Hotaling, Will Foley, Cincinnati Reds all-time roster, Mike Mansell, Amos Booth, Mike Burke, Bobby Mitchell, Jack Neagle, Joe Sommer, Billy Redmond, Johnny Ryan, Harry Smith, Henry Kessler, Bobby Clack, Dale Williams, Dave Pierson, Sam Field, George Miller, John Magner. Excerpt: As manager Michael Joseph "King" Kelly (December 31, 1857 - November 8, 1894) was an American right fielder, catcher, and manager in various professional American baseball leagues including the National League, International Association, Players' League, and the American Association. He spent the majority of his 16-season playing career with the Chicago White Stockings and the Boston Beaneaters. Kelly was a player-manager three times in his career - in 1887 for the Beaneaters, in 1890 leading the Boston Reds to the pennant in the only season of the Players' League's existence, and in 1891 for the Cincinnati Kelly's Killers - before his retirement in 1893. He is also often credited with helping to popularize various strategies as a player such as the hit and run, the hook slide, and the catcher's practice of backing up first base. In only the second vote since its creation in 1939 the Old Timers Committee elected Kelly to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945. In concluding where to truly give Kelly credit as an innovator, a 2004 book devoted to 19th-century rule bending in baseba...
