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Hank O'Day. Henry M. O'Day (July 8, 1859 [2] – July 2, 1935), nicknamed " The Reverend ", was an American right-handed pitcher and later an umpire and manager in Major League Baseball. After a seven-year major league playing career, he worked as a National League (NL) umpire for 30 seasons between 1895 and 1927.
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Jan 4, 2012 · On September 23, 1908, during the heat of a passionate pennant race, the Cubs and Giants were engaged in an intense game in New York’s Polo Grounds. The umpires were Hank O’Day behind the plate and Bob Emslie on the bases. The score was tied in the bottom of the ninth with two outs and runners on first and third.
About Hank O'Day. A player, manager, umpire and scout for more than 40 years in the National League, Hank O’Day remains the only person to serve the league in so many capacities. But it was as an umpire where O’Day made his greatest mark on history in some of baseball’s greatest games.
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Jan 12, 2017 · Born in Chicago in 1859, O'Day worked as a steamfitter as a teenager before discovering that he had a knack for throwing a baseball. He caught on with the Toledo Blue Stockings of the American Association in 1884, which began a solid but largely unremarkable seven-year playing career -- 1,651 1/3 innings, 663 strikeouts and a 97 ERA+.
Jun 5, 2019 · Hank O’Day is one of the most unique and important figures in the history of Major League Baseball. He broke into the game as a pitcher in the American Association for Toledo in 1884. He finished his career seven years later with the New York Giants.
While Hank O’Day was in the box the focus was on the young Toledo catcher, Moses Fleetwood Walker. The first African American to play a major league baseball game in Washington. A 10 to 7 win. The Washington National Republican writes in their 7 June edition. “The Toledo’s meet the Washington’s at Athletic Park this afternoon for the ...
While at Toledo, Fleet Walker was the batterymate of Hank O’Day, who later became a famous umpire, and Tony Mullane, who could pitch with either hand and became the winningest pitcher, with 285 victories, outside the Hall of Fame. G. L. Mercereau, the team’s batboy, many years later recalled the sight of Walker catching barehanded, as was ...
