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Dick Blaisdell

Dick Blaisdell

American baseball player (1862–1886)

Howard Carleton Blaisdell (June 18, 1862 – August 20, 1886) was a starting pitcher for the Kansas City Cowboys of the Union Association during the 1884 season.[1]

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Blaisdell pitched for the Fort Wayne Hoosiers of the Northwestern League (1883) and Lynn of the Massachusetts State Association (1884) before joining the Cowboys. He posted a 0–3 record with an 8.65 ERA in 26 innings of work for Kansas City, who finished 11th with a 16–63 mark. Though he was not successful as a pitcher, Blaisdell hit .313 (5-for-16) with a double and one run, a bright spot for a team which hit for a .199 average.[2]

In 1885, Blaisdell pitched for the Haverhill club of the New England League. A year later he died of tuberculosis in Malden, Massachusetts, at the age of 24.[3]

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Sources

  1. [1]
    Baseball-Reference.com
  2. [2]
    The Great Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Major League Baseball – David Nemec. Publisher: University of Alabama Press, 2006. Format: Hardcover, 864pp. Language: English. ISBN 0-8173-1499-7
  3. [3]
    Baseball-Reference.com


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