Bill Eagle

Bill Eagle was born in Rockville in 1877. In 1898 Rockville was described as “a suburban resort near the Capital City.” When he first came up one article mentioned, “Several years ago be used to scramble around the diamond at Rockville, and it was then said that he was going to be a player some …

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Wagner Makes his Debut

In 1897 Wagner batted .375 for the Paterson team in the Atlantic League. A versatile, strongly built physical specimen, mention was always made of his bowed legs. The Colonels took a chance on him. At the time Paterson was reported to have received $4,000 from Louisville for Wagner. Wagner made his major league debut on …

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Remembering Sy Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe had a long baseball career, playing eight years in the majors from 1884 to 1892. He was picked up by Washington in 1891, playing on the American Association team. He batted .353 in 53 games. Well liked, good natured and a fairly good hitter. He passed away in 1893 at the age of 30 …

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Updating the D.C. Baseball All-Time Hitting Records – Number of RBI

Today’s project is to update the D.C. Baseball All-Time Hitting Records. I will be updating the new numbers this afternoon to the link below. As I run my numbers I will be posting the updates as I calculate them. D.C. Baseball All-Time Hitting Records *Major League stats.   Top 25 Rank Number of RBI’s RBI …

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Updating the D.C. Baseball All-Time Hitting Records – Number of Runs Scored

Today’s project is to update the D.C. Baseball All-Time Hitting Records. I will be updating the new numbers this afternoon to the link below. As I run my numbers I will be posting the updates as I calculate them. D.C. Baseball All-Time Hitting Records *Major League stats. Top 25 Rank Number of Runs Scored R …

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Updating the D.C. Baseball All-Time Hitting Records – Number of Stolen Bases

Today’s project is to update the D.C. Baseball All-Time Hitting Records. I will be updating the new numbers this afternoon to the link below. As I run my numbers I will be posting the updates as I calculate them. D.C. Baseball All-Time Hitting Records *Major League stats. Top 25 Rank Number of Stolen Bases SB …

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Updating the D.C. Baseball All-Time Hitting Records – Number of Total Bases

Today’s project is to update the D.C. Baseball All-Time Hitting Records. I will be updating the new numbers this afternoon to the link below. As I run my numbers I will be posting the updates as I calculate them. D.C. Baseball All-Time Hitting Records *Major League stats.   Top 25 Rank Number of Total Bases …

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Updating the D.C. Baseball All-Time Hitting Records – Number of Home Runs

Today’s project is to update the D.C. Baseball All-Time Hitting Records. I will be updating the new numbers this afternoon to the link below. As I run my numbers I will be posting the updates as I calculate them. D.C. Baseball All-Time Hitting Records *Major League stats. Top 25 Rank Number of Home Runs HR …

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Updating the D.C. Baseball All-Time Hitting Records – Number of Doubles

Today’s project is to update the D.C. Baseball All-Time Hitting Records. I will be updating the new numbers this afternoon to the link below. As I run my numbers I will be posting the updates as I calculate them. D.C. Baseball All-Time Hitting Records *Major League stats. Top 25 Rank Number of Doubles 2B 1 …

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Updating the D.C. Baseball All-Time Hitting Records – Number of Hits

Today’s project is to update the D.C. Baseball All-Time Hitting Records. I will be updating the new numbers this afternoon to the link below. As I run my numbers I will be posting the updates as I calculate them. D.C. Baseball All-Time Hitting Records *Major League stats. Top 25 Rank Number of Hits Hits 1 …

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