
“Hardie Henderson: Champion Base Ball Pitcher” — pitched from 1883-1887 for the Philadelphia Quakers, Baltimore Orioles, Brooklyn Grays (19th-century precursor to the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers), and Pittsburgh Alleghenys.
In a horrible bit of irony, Henderson was killed in February 1903 when he was run over by a train trolley.[1]
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[1] See this history of native Philadelphian ballplayers at Google Books.