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Originally Posted by deebro041
Thanks Scott. I haven't had much time to do more research, and haven't pursued the "new park" avenue yet. There are some noteables that played for these teams, it seems like Toledo was the place to go after one's MLB career. Some players include Irish Meusel, Bobby Veach, Jeff Pfeffer, Bullet Joe Bush, Jesse Barnes.
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Very cool! I'd love to hear what your research reveals.
Is the Jeff Pfeffer that you are referring to "Big Jeff" (Francis Xavier), or "Little Jeff", who was "Big Jeff's" big brother? Confused? No kidding!
Of the players that you mentioned, Bullett Joe, Jess Barnes and Francis Xavier "Big Jeff" (If that's the correct Jeff) all threw ML no-hit games.
BTW, The Toledo Mud Hens were the home of many important players in baseball history. Not in 1927, but HOF Addie Joss played for the Mud Hens. He also lived in Toledo in the off season and was a sports writer for the Toledo Blade before he died tragically at 31 of tubercular meningitis.
HOF'er Kirby Puckett once played for the Mud Hens en route to the bigs.
Keep me posted...