Grant Thatcher

Grant Thatcher
Grant Thatcher
	Pitcher
	Born: February 23, 1877; Maytown, Pennsylvania
	Died: March 17, 1936 (aged 59); Lancaster, Pennsylvania
	Batted: Switch Hitter Threw: Right
MLB debut
	September 9, 1903, for the Brooklyn Superbas
Last MLB appearance
	April 24, 1904, for the Brooklyn Superbas
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	4–1
Earned run average	3.16
Strikeouts	13
Teams
	Brooklyn Superbas (1903–1904);

Ulysses Grant Thatcher (February 23, 1877 – March 17, 1936) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball in the United States.

Biography

Born in Maytown, Pennsylvania on February 23, 1877, Thatcher pitched in five games for the Brooklyn Superbas during the 1903 and 1904 baseball seasons, making four starts, and acquiring a 4–1 record with a 3.16 earned run average during his appearances.

Thatcher had an unusual end to his Major League career. When the Superbas attempted to play a second Sunday home game on April 24 against the Philadelphia Phillies, the club was tipped off that the pitcher, catcher and hitter at the start of the game would be arrested. Thus three "decoys" were inserted at the start of the game, with Ed Poole being replaced by Thatcher after Poole's arrest.^[1]

Death

Thatcher died at the age of fifty-nine in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on March 17, 1936.

References

^ Snyder, John (2010). 365 Oddball Days in Dodgers History. United States: Clerisy Press. p. 384. ISBN 978-1578604524..

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)

[Snyder-1] Snyder, John (2010). 365 Oddball Days in Dodgers History. United States: Clerisy Press. p. 384. ISBN 978-1578604524..

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