1901 MLB All-Star Selections!
I'm going to see if I can handle the bigger font throughout my gameplay, I just turned it up to make the All-Star post easier to read!
If I can stomach how everything looks at the current font size, I'll keep it to hopefully make you readers happier, I know I have to shrink some of the screenshots to avoid screen-scroll, but I just want to let you know I'm doing everything I can to make this more readable for you readers!
I'm going to be doing a post breaking down both leagues, but there are some cool things we can see about the first half just from the All-Stars, so lets check out one of them!
1. Who is Dan Daub!?
Daniel William Daub (January 12, 1868 – March 25, 1951) was a 19th-century Major League Baseball pitcher born in Middletown, Ohio. After attending and playing baseball for Denison University, he played for the Cincinnati Reds in 1892 and with the Brooklyn Grooms/Bridegrooms from 1893 through 1897.
The New York Times reported on December 22, 1895, that
Dan was among approximately 20 men who stoned and fired shotguns, also known as whitecapping, upon the home of
Mrs. Wescoe of Hamilton, Ohio.
Daub, who passed his winters in Mintonville, Ohio, was also among those that had warrants issued for his arrest. Here's the article from the New York Times in 1895:
After his playing career was over,
Dan became the coach of the Ohio Wesleyan University baseball team, a post he held for the 1902 season, then he resigned before the following season. His replacement was a ballplayer named
Branch Rickey, who was recently ruled ineligible to play college ball due to his prior professional baseball career.
Daub died at the age of 83 in Bradenton, Florida, and is interred at Hickory Flats Cemetery in Overpeck, Ohio. (Info all courtesy of Wikipedia.)
Daub's career record was 45-52, with a 4.75 ERA, with his career high for wins being a 12-11 season. So, at the All-Star Break in the Clean Slate, he already has a more successful season than he ever had in his real life career!
Dan was selected in the 3rd round, 85th overall, by the Cubs.
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We'll be doing our first-half breakdown in the next post, so stay tuned, and as always, thanks for following
The Clean Slate!!