Leslie Grant Nunamaker (January 25, 1889 – November 14, 1938), was a

catcher Catcher is a position in baseball and softball. When a batter takes their turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the ( home) umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. In addition to this primary duty, the ca ...

for the

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(1911–14),

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(1914–17),

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(1918) and

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(1919–22). He helped the Red Sox win the

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and the Indians win the

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. Until being injured in early in the 1912 season against the

, Nunamaker was

Bill Carrigan William Francis Carrigan (October 22, 1883 – July 8, 1969), nicknamed "Rough", was a Major League baseball catcher and manager. He played for the Boston Red Sox between 1906 and 1916, and he was a player-manager for the last four of those season ...

's primary backup catcher for the Red Sox. He was also a backup catcher for the 1920 Indians. In 12 seasons, Nunamaker played in 716 games and had 1,990 at bats, 194 runs, 533 hits, 75 doubles, 30 triples, 2 home runs, 216 runs batted in, 36 stolen bases, 176 walks, .268 batting average, a .332 on-base percentage, .339 slugging percentage, 674 total bases and 49 sacrifice hits. Nunamaker is one of several catchers who hold the major league record for runners thrown out in an inning. While playing for the

in 1914, Nunamaker threw out three baserunners at second base in one inning against the opposing Detroit Tigers. He died in

Hastings, Nebraska Hastings is a city and the county seat of Adams County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 25,152 at the 2020 census. It is known as the town where Kool-Aid was invented by Edwin Perkins in 1927, and celebrates that event with the Ko ...

at the age of 49 after a period of failing health.

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