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Originally Posted by White Borders
Hi Ted
Always enjoy reading bio's and looking up stats. Baseball Reference shows he played two games (3 for 8, but committed 4 errors!) for Detroit in 1903. I'm curious as to what's the story behind this first visit to the Majors?
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...ichosi01.shtml
Best Regards,
Craig |
He was a star college player in the Washington area and when the Tigers came to play the Senators in late September and they were short on players, they signed Nicholls for the day. When he made all those errors plus a baserunning gaffe they decided he wasn't ready yet.
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