Sim Bullas
Sim Bullas | |
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Catcher | |
Born: January 1863 England | |
Died: January 14, 1908 Cleveland, Ohio, United States | (aged 44–45)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
May 2, 1884, for the Toledo Blue Stockings | |
Last MLB appearance | |
June 23, 1884, for the Toledo Blue Stockings | |
MLB statistics | |
At bats | 45 |
RBI | 0 |
Home runs | 0 |
Batting average | .089 |
Teams | |
Simeon Edward Bullas (January 1, 1863 – January 14, 1908) was an American professional baseball player who played catcher in the American Association for the 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings.
Bullas was born in Cleveland, Ohio, [1] on January 1, 1863.[2] As a teenager, he won notice playing for the Malleables and the Shamrocks, two Cleveland amateur teams. He signed with a minor league team in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1883, and played for minor league teams in Oil City, Pennsylvania; Hamilton, Ontario; and Newcastle, Delaware. He made his major league debut with the Toledo Blue Stockings, but left after a year to play for the Chattanooga Lookouts.[1]
Bullas left baseball in 1887 and began working in a foundry in Cleveland owned by British industrialist Francis Ley. In 1892, Ley sent Bullas to the United Kingdom to catch for the Derby Baseball Club, a professional baseball team in the National League of Baseball of Great Britain. After a single season there, he returned to Cleveland. In 1893, former professional baseball players in Cleveland organized a one-off team to play against other retired veterans in other cities. Bullas was loaned to the "old leaguers" team from Detroit, Michigan, who lacked a catcher.[1]
From 1890 until his death, Bullas worked as a stagehand and ticket takers at the Euclid Avenue Opera House in Cleveland.[1]
Sim Bullas died of pneumonia[2] at his home in Cleveland on January 14, 1908.[3] He was buried in Woodland Cemetery in Cleveland.[2]
External links
- ^ a b c d "Star Catches In Old Days". The Plain Dealer. January 19, 1908. p. 13.
- ^ a b c Chambers, Gail (Spring 2016). "Professional Baseball Players Buried in Woodland Cemetery" (PDF). Woodland Guardian. pp. 10–11. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
- ^ "Sim Bullas Is Dead". The Plain Dealer. January 15, 1908. p. 6.
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Toledo Blue Stockings players
- 19th-century baseball players
- 1863 births
- 1908 deaths
- Major League Baseball catchers
- Major League Baseball players from England
- Major League Baseball players from the United Kingdom
- Youngstown (minor league baseball) players
- Hamilton (minor league baseball) players
- Chattanooga Lookouts players
- Burials at Woodland Cemetery (Cleveland)
- Deaths from pneumonia