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Charlie Parsons (baseball)
Charles James Parsons (July 18, 1863 – March 24, 1936) was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Boston Beaneaters, New York Metropolitans and Cleveland Spiders. He also played for a number of minor league teams between 1884 and 1889. On May 29, 1885, he pitched the first no hitter for the Birmingham Barons of Alabama in the Southern League. References *Information from Allen Barra's book "Rickwood Field - A century in America's Oldest Ballpark" 1863 births 1936 deaths 19th-century baseball players Major League Baseball pitchers Baseball players from Pennsylvania Boston Beaneaters players New York Metropolitans players Cleveland Spiders players Newark Domestics players Oswego Sweegs players Rochester Flour Cities players Rochester Maroons players Jackson Jaxons players Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players Oneida Indians players People from Tioga County, Pennsylvania {{US-baseball-pitcher-1860s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the pitcher is assigned the number 1. The pitcher is often considered the most important player on the defensive side of the game, and as such is situated at the right end of the defensive spectrum. There are many different types of pitchers, such as the starting pitcher, relief pitcher, middle reliever, lefty specialist, setup man, and the closer. Traditionally, the pitcher also bats. Starting in 1973 with the American League(and later the National League) and spreading to further leagues throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the hitting duties of the pitcher have generally been given over to the position of designated hitter, a cause of some controversy. The Japanese Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
