Dick Blaisdell

Dick Blaisdell
Dick Blaisdell
	Pitcher
	Born: June 18, 1862; Bradford, Massachusetts
	Died: August 20, 1886 (aged 24); Malden, Massachusetts
	Batted: Unknown Threw: Unknown
MLB debut
	July 9, 1884, for the Kansas City Cowboys
Last MLB appearance
	July 14, 1884, for the Kansas City Cowboys
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	0–3
Earned run average	8.65
Strikeouts	8
Teams
	Kansas City Cowboys (UA) (1884);

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Howard Carleton Blaisdell (June 18, 1862 – August 20, 1886) was a starting pitcher for the Kansas City Cowboys of the Union Association during the 1884 season.^[1]

Blaisdell pitched for the Fort Wayne Hoosiers of the Northwestern League (1883) and Lynn of the Massachusetts State Association (1884) before joining the Cowboys. He posted a 0–3 record with an 8.65 ERA in 26 innings of work for Kansas City, who finished 11th with a 16–63 mark. Though he was not successful as a pitcher, Blaisdell hit .313 (5-for-16) with a double and one run, a bright spot for a team which hit for a .199 average.^[2]

In 1885, Blaisdell pitched for the Haverhill club of the New England League. A year later he died of tuberculosis in Malden, Massachusetts, at the age of 24.^[3]

Sources

^ Baseball-Reference.com
^ The Great Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Major League Baseball – David Nemec. Publisher: University of Alabama Press, 2006. Format: Hardcover, 864pp. Language: English. ISBN 0-8173-1499-7
^ Baseball-Reference.com

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[1] Baseball-Reference.com

[2] The Great Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Major League Baseball – David Nemec. Publisher: University of Alabama Press, 2006. Format: Hardcover, 864pp. Language: English. ISBN 0-8173-1499-7

[3] Baseball-Reference.com

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