April 12th
On This Date in History!
Due to the fact that I'll be travelling to Dallas on Tuesday, April 12th for a Texas Baseball Hall of Fame board meeting - and also staying there through April 13th to watch a Texas Rangers game, I'm writing the post for April 12th tonight. The post for April 13th will be written (God willing) the night of April 13th, when I'll be back in Houston. The normal schedule of early morning, same day posting here on "This Date in Browns History" will resume on Thursday, April 14th. :atthepc
April 12, 1922: An Urban League Moment.
Shocker: One of The Two Urbans Who Faced Off Today,
In an Urban opener, Urban Shocker of the St. Louis Browns overcomes Urban Faber of the Chicago White Sox by a squeaker score of 3–2. The Sox outhit the Browns, 9–3, but the Browns did what a club is supposed to do. They got their hits when they counted and turned them into more runs – which is the object of the game, however you get there, to score more runs than the other team.
April 12, 1905: Browns To Help Senators Win Bonus.
The boys from Washington are going to love our St. Louis Browns by season's end. The Washington club owners offer their players a $1,000 bonus if they finish higher than 8th - and $500 for each position they finisher higher. Well, by season's end in 1905, the Senators will only rise to 7th, but they will collect the basic money. Thanks to the Browns last place tank job, the Sens finish in 7th by 11 full games. - Way to go, Browns!
Births on April 12
Samuel Lester "Sam" or "Slam" Agnew is born on April 12, 1887 in Farmington, Missouri. The BR/TR catcher will "slam" only 2 HRs and hits only .204 in in his 7-year MLB career ((1913-1919), so he must have received his nickname in some other way. (Did Denny's serve "Grand Slams" back in the Deadball era?) - Agnew will be a Brown during his first 3 years (1913-1915(, and he will hit .208, .212., and .203 during his time in St. Louis. - Slammin' Sam Agnew will pass away on July 19, 1951 in Sonoma, California at the age of 73.
William F. "Bill" Bailey is born on April 12, 1889 in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Bill Bailey enjoys an 11-year career (1907-1912, 1914-1915, 1918, 1921-1922) as BR/TR pitcher that starts with 6 years as a Brown from 1907-1912. Bailey finishes with a career record of 38 wins, 76 losses, and an ERA of 3.57. - Bill Bailey heads on home to eternity on November 2, 1926 in Houston, Texas at the tender age of 37.
William Francis "Wild Bill" Miller is born on April 12, 1910 in Hannibal, Missouri. It is the Year of Halley's Comet, and Miller is born in the same hometown where Samuel Clemens was also born, and in the same year that Hannibal's famous writer passes away. - Sadly for Miller, his career comet has no tail - and he will prove to be no "Mark Twain"-level talent as a pitcher. - "Wild Bill" is another of our one-game-wonder boys. He starts one game for the Browns on October 2, 1937 and lasts all of 4 innings, and giving up 6 runs on 7 hits and a homer along the way. He does strike out 1 batter, but he walks 4 other batters and hits another guy. (Wonder how Miller got that "Wild BiIl'' tag that has followed him so fluidly into the record books?)
The Browns do not recover from Bill's early ineffectivemess and the BR/TR Miller ends up with the loss and a career record of 0 wins, 1 loss, and an ERA of 13.50. Miller never gets another shot in the bigs. After this failed first start, he is (altogether now!) - gone for good! - Hannibal's Bill Miller dies on February 26, 1982 in Hannibal, Missouri at the age of nearly 72.
BCT/GB, Wild Bill Miller!
Deaths on April 12
Thomas Gerald "Tom" Phillips dies young. He passes away on April 12, 1929 at the age of 40. The BR/TR pitcher broke into the big leagues by posting a record of 1 win, 3 losses, and an ERA of 2.96 for the 1915 Browns. It was Phillips's only year as a Brown, but still he hung around MLB long enough (1915, 1919, 1921-1922) to finish out with a career record of 8 wins, 12 losses, and an ERA of 3.74. - Tom Phillips was born on April 5, 1889 in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania.
Timothy J. "Tim" McCabe dies on April 12, 1977 at the age of 82. The BR/TR pitcher won 5, lost 1, and posted a career ERA of 2.92 in 4 seasons for the 1915-1918 Browns. - Tim McCabe was born on October 19, 1894 in Ironton, Missouri.
Today's Reference Links ... http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseb...ay/APRIL12.stm
http://www.todayinbaseballhistory.com/
Reminder: Because of my "road game," the post for April 13th will not appear here until the early evening hours of that same date. We'll be back on schedule with regular same-day, early morning posting on Thursday, April 14th.
Have a great Tuesday and Wednesday, everybody!
Due to the fact that I'll be travelling to Dallas on Tuesday, April 12th for a Texas Baseball Hall of Fame board meeting - and also staying there through April 13th to watch a Texas Rangers game, I'm writing the post for April 12th tonight. The post for April 13th will be written (God willing) the night of April 13th, when I'll be back in Houston. The normal schedule of early morning, same day posting here on "This Date in Browns History" will resume on Thursday, April 14th. :atthepc
April 12, 1922: An Urban League Moment.
In an Urban opener, Urban Shocker of the St. Louis Browns overcomes Urban Faber of the Chicago White Sox by a squeaker score of 3–2. The Sox outhit the Browns, 9–3, but the Browns did what a club is supposed to do. They got their hits when they counted and turned them into more runs – which is the object of the game, however you get there, to score more runs than the other team.
April 12, 1905: Browns To Help Senators Win Bonus.
The boys from Washington are going to love our St. Louis Browns by season's end. The Washington club owners offer their players a $1,000 bonus if they finish higher than 8th - and $500 for each position they finisher higher. Well, by season's end in 1905, the Senators will only rise to 7th, but they will collect the basic money. Thanks to the Browns last place tank job, the Sens finish in 7th by 11 full games. - Way to go, Browns!
Births on April 12
Samuel Lester "Sam" or "Slam" Agnew is born on April 12, 1887 in Farmington, Missouri. The BR/TR catcher will "slam" only 2 HRs and hits only .204 in in his 7-year MLB career ((1913-1919), so he must have received his nickname in some other way. (Did Denny's serve "Grand Slams" back in the Deadball era?) - Agnew will be a Brown during his first 3 years (1913-1915(, and he will hit .208, .212., and .203 during his time in St. Louis. - Slammin' Sam Agnew will pass away on July 19, 1951 in Sonoma, California at the age of 73.
William F. "Bill" Bailey is born on April 12, 1889 in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Bill Bailey enjoys an 11-year career (1907-1912, 1914-1915, 1918, 1921-1922) as BR/TR pitcher that starts with 6 years as a Brown from 1907-1912. Bailey finishes with a career record of 38 wins, 76 losses, and an ERA of 3.57. - Bill Bailey heads on home to eternity on November 2, 1926 in Houston, Texas at the tender age of 37.
William Francis "Wild Bill" Miller is born on April 12, 1910 in Hannibal, Missouri. It is the Year of Halley's Comet, and Miller is born in the same hometown where Samuel Clemens was also born, and in the same year that Hannibal's famous writer passes away. - Sadly for Miller, his career comet has no tail - and he will prove to be no "Mark Twain"-level talent as a pitcher. - "Wild Bill" is another of our one-game-wonder boys. He starts one game for the Browns on October 2, 1937 and lasts all of 4 innings, and giving up 6 runs on 7 hits and a homer along the way. He does strike out 1 batter, but he walks 4 other batters and hits another guy. (Wonder how Miller got that "Wild BiIl'' tag that has followed him so fluidly into the record books?)

BCT/GB, Wild Bill Miller!

Deaths on April 12
Thomas Gerald "Tom" Phillips dies young. He passes away on April 12, 1929 at the age of 40. The BR/TR pitcher broke into the big leagues by posting a record of 1 win, 3 losses, and an ERA of 2.96 for the 1915 Browns. It was Phillips's only year as a Brown, but still he hung around MLB long enough (1915, 1919, 1921-1922) to finish out with a career record of 8 wins, 12 losses, and an ERA of 3.74. - Tom Phillips was born on April 5, 1889 in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania.
Timothy J. "Tim" McCabe dies on April 12, 1977 at the age of 82. The BR/TR pitcher won 5, lost 1, and posted a career ERA of 2.92 in 4 seasons for the 1915-1918 Browns. - Tim McCabe was born on October 19, 1894 in Ironton, Missouri.
Today's Reference Links ... http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseb...ay/APRIL12.stm
http://www.todayinbaseballhistory.com/
Reminder: Because of my "road game," the post for April 13th will not appear here until the early evening hours of that same date. We'll be back on schedule with regular same-day, early morning posting on Thursday, April 14th.
Have a great Tuesday and Wednesday, everybody!

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