Bob Spade

Robert Spade was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played four seasons in the major leagues, from 1907 until 1910, for the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Browns.

Bob Spade
Pitcher
Born: (1877-01-04)January 4, 1877
Akron, Ohio
Died: September 7, 1924(1924-09-07) (aged 47)
Cincinnati
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 22, 1907, for the Cincinnati Reds
Last MLB appearance
July 21, 1910, for the St. Louis Browns
MLB statistics
Win–loss record25-24
Strikeouts121
Earned run average2.96
Teams

When Spade died in 1924 he was penniless, and fans raised the money to pay for his burial.[1]

Notes

  1. Charlton, James; Shatzkin, Mike; Holtje, Stephen (1990). The Ballplayers: baseball's ultimate biographical reference. New York: Arbor House/William Morrow. p. 1022. ISBN 0-87795-984-6.

Sources

gollark: I just have all my password-reset stuff tied to my email address, which is at least less bad than using my phone number but... probably still problematic.
gollark: Or even just "Would you like to authorize the device this QR code was created on to access your account? If you did not create it select "no"".
gollark: Probably. They use rather unclear language.
gollark: Their whole thing of "let's be approachable and use the cool kids' language" doesn't really help comprehensibility.
gollark: Apparently it *does* actually ask if you want to give the device access, so if people blindly say "yes" it's just them being silly.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.