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Mike Dorgan
Mike Dorgan was the older brother of major league outfielder Jerry Dorgan, who died at an extremely young age of alcohol poisoning. Both brothers dealt with a severe alcohol problem during their playing days, but Mike eventually won the battle. - SABR
Dorgan played a decade in the majors. He was added to the "black list" at a 1881 National League meeting barring him from playing for or against any NL team but was reinstated in 1883. Afterwards, he joined the New York Giants, with whom he hit .326 in 1885. His career was eventually ended by a knee injury. Dorgan never wore a glove or catcher's mask, instead choosing to wear a small rubber glove and a piece of rubber to protect his mouth. - bRef Bullpen wiki
My favorite fun fact: The April 18, 1891 issue of The Sporting News trumpeted that Dorgan was incarcerated in Syracuse after beating a man “to a pulp” in a drunken brawl. He may have been surprised to see an old teammate, Moses Fleetwood Walker, in an adjoining cell. Walker, an African American who caught for Syracuse in 1888–1889, was arrested – and later acquitted by virtue of self-defense – for stabbing to death one of several drunken thugs who’d accosted him on the street. - SABR
Here's my go at him. The before is the current CUF one.
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