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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Al McCauley, Al Shaw (catcher), Art Twineham, Ben Ellis (baseball), Bill Eagan, Bill Gray (baseball), Bill Hill, Bill Kuehne, Bob Allen (shortstop), Buck Freeman, Charlie Jones (outfielder), Charlie Newman (baseball), Charlie Nyce, Claude Elliott (baseball), Count Campau, Dick Harley, Doc Casey, Ed Siever, Ed Wheeler (1900s infielder), Ernie Beam, Frank Boyd, Frank Owen (baseball), Frank Pears, Frank Scheibeck, Fred Underwood, Fritz Buelow, Gene McCann, George Darby (baseball), George Nicol (baseball), George Stallings, Harry Keener, Harry Raymond, Harry Steinfeldt, Henry Yaik, Hercules Burnett, Hunkey Hines, Ike Butler, Jack Cronin, Jack Fifield, Jack Ryan (catcher), Jack Sharrott, Jack Wadsworth, Jimmy Barrett, Joe Dolan (baseball), Joe Yeager, John Corcoran (baseball), John Ganzel, John Richter (baseball), John Roach (baseball), Lefty Davis, Lew Whistler, Lou Johnson (pitcher), Lou Nordyke, Mike Trost, Noodles Hahn, Ollie Beard, Parson Nicholson, Pat Dillard, Pat McCauley, Pop Dillon, Rip Egan, Roscoe Miller, Rube Waddell, Sam Dungan, Sam Gillen, Sam Nicholl, Shorty Fuller, Sport McAllister, Suter Sullivan, Tom Delahanty, Tom Niland, Tom Parrott, Tom Thomas, Tony Mullane, Welcome Gaston, Whitey Guese. Excerpt: George Edward Waddell (October 13, 1876 - April 1, 1914) was an American southpaw pitcher in Major League Baseball. In his thirteen-year career he played for the Louisville Colonels (1897, 1899), Pittsburgh Pirates (1900-01) and Chicago Orphans (1901) in the National League, and the Philadelphia Athletics (1902-07) and St. Louis Browns (1908-10) in the American League. Waddell earned the nickname "Rube" because he was a big, fresh kid. The term was commonly used to refer to hayseeds or farmboys. He was born in Bradford, Pennsylvania. Waddell was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946. Waddell, ...