Jake_Goodman_(baseball)

Jake Goodman (baseball)

Jake Goodman (baseball)

American baseball player (1853–1890)

Jacob Goodman (September 14, 1853 – March 9, 1890) was an American major league baseball player who played for the 1877 Pittsburgh Allegheny, 1878 Milwaukee Grays and the 1882 Pittsburgh Alleghenys.

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While playing in the minor leagues in 1884, Goodman was beaned by a pitch.[1] After the head trauma, he became mentally unbalanced and suffered from palsy, ending his baseball career.[1] He died of complications related to his injury at the age of 36, on March 6, 1890.[1] He was Jewish.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    McKenna, Brian. Early exits: the premature endings of baseball careers, Rowman & Littlefield, 2007, p. 195. ISBN 0-8108-5858-4
  2. [2]
    "Big League Jews". Jewish Sports Review. 12 (137): 18. January–February 2020.
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