Professional baseball Ed Carfrey

1 professional baseball

1.1 philadelphia athletics
1.2 minor league baseball

1.2.1 houston , haymaker clubs
1.2.2 schuylkill navy
1.2.3 1895 1899 seasons

professional baseball
philadelphia athletics

in 1890, carfrey played major league baseball shortstop philadelphia athletics of american association. made major league debut on april 19, 1890 @ age 26. appeared in 1 game athletics , had 1 hit in 4 at-bats .250 batting average.

prior 2005, carfrey s record had been omitted records of major league baseball. in 2005, carfrey s record added espn baseball encyclopedia. prior omission official records resulted fact 1890 appearance athletics erroneously credited player when official stats computerized.

minor league baseball

carfrey played minor league baseball several teams 1882 1899.

houston , haymaker clubs

in 1882, carfrey played catcher houston baseball team south chester, pennsylvania. team played home games @ houston park. in 1882 league championship game on september 30, 1882, carfrey drove in winning run hit right field houston. in spring of 1883, newspaper account noted contributions 1882 team: carfrey played behind bat scarcely error credit , succeeded in putting number of men out. played @ third base , catcher houston team in 1883. in september 1883, scored 3 runs , received terrible blow in eye —one of several incidents newspaper report characterized little incivilities exchanged during game.

in 1884, played @ second , third base , @ shortstop newly formed haymaker base ball club chester, pennsylvania.

during 1888 season, carfrey appeared in 28 games third baseman houston in philadelphia region league.

schuylkill navy

in 1891 , 1892, played philadelphia s athletic club of schuylkill navy (a.c.s.n.) baseball team third baseman. after september 1891 game @ bristol, pennsylvania, crowd rushed onto field , attacked a.c.s.n. team. carfrey attempted play role of peace-maker amid scene described pushing, swearing, fighting mob have injured philadelphia men had bristol players , police not come assistance. team left field, howling crowd of young boys threw stones, smooth , jagged, @ navy s bus.

in december 1891, played in exhibition of indoor baseball @ philadelphia industrial hall. game played hair-filled ball measuring 19 inches in diameter , bats reportedly resembling cut-off broomsticks. carfrey played third base a.c.s.n. team in indoor exhibition. sporting life reported on game follows: game players themselves, perhaps, amusing, take crank of deepest dye see laudable in game. in simple words, travesty on noblest of games , cannot considered in other light catch-penny affair.

1895 1899 seasons

in 1894, carfrey appeared in 14 games philadelphia colts of pennsylvania state league. compiled .200 batting average in 55 at-bats colts.

in 1895, carfrey played 2 minor league teams. appeared in 49 games hazleton quay-kers in pennsylvania state league, compiling .263 batting average in 209 at-bats. account in sporting life may 1895 noted carfrey began season @ second base transferred first base , doing @ position. played salem in south new jersey league in 1895.

in 1896, carfrey played ansonia blues ansonia, connecticut in naugatuck valley league. newspaper accounts in sporting life indicate played second base york baseball team (presumably york, pennsylvania) in 1896.

in november 1897, sporting life reported carfrey captain of media base ball club in media, pennsylvania, located 12 miles west of philadelphia.

in 1899, carfrey, @ age 35, played @ second base mount holly (a suburb of philadelphia in new jersey) team in burlington county league.