What about this Dode Paskert the Cubs received for Cy Williams?
(1881-1959)
Played Major League Baseball 1907-1921. Traded from the Philadelphia Phillies to the Cubs He also played for the Cincinnati Reds where he started his career and eventually came back and ended it it.
He had a two run double in a game five win over the Boston Red Sox for the Cubs in the 1918 World Series.
Known as a swift baserunner, he stole 51 bases for the Reds in 1910.
He was 36 when the Cuns got him and in three years, batted .286, .196 and .279.
All and all, I would rather have had Cy Williams, I think.
Cubbies. What You Gonna Do? --Cooter
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Cy Williams, Major League Baseball Player 1912-1930-- Part 2: Original Power Hitter
Cy Williams was the National League's career home run hitter with 251 until surpassed by Rogers Hornsby in 1929. He was known for his slugging with the Phillies in 1921, but began his power-hitting with the Cubs near the end of the Dead-Ball Era.
His real name was Fred, but he got the nickname "Cy" which was a nickname given to rural youngsters while a student at Notre Dame where he also played football for Knute Rockne and ran track.
He had only played a few games of sandlot baseball when he got a position on the Notre Dame baseball team. The first three seasons of his major league career were spent with the Chicago Cubs and, as a part-time player, was not very impressive. But then the Cubbies made another one of their horrible trades and Cy went to Philadelphia for Dode Paskert.
Starting in 1920, Cy Williams batted .300 in six of the next seven years and had double figures in home runs for nine years in a row. His only non-.300 year was in 1923 when he ONLY batted .293 and hit 41 home runs.
After his release in 1930, he spent one year as a player-manager at Richmond, Virginia, in the Eastern League. Once retired, he owned a several hundred acre dairy farm in Wisconsin and worked as an architect and started his own construction business.
He liked to hunt and fish, often with Ted Williams.
Quite a Guy. --Cooter
His real name was Fred, but he got the nickname "Cy" which was a nickname given to rural youngsters while a student at Notre Dame where he also played football for Knute Rockne and ran track.
He had only played a few games of sandlot baseball when he got a position on the Notre Dame baseball team. The first three seasons of his major league career were spent with the Chicago Cubs and, as a part-time player, was not very impressive. But then the Cubbies made another one of their horrible trades and Cy went to Philadelphia for Dode Paskert.
Starting in 1920, Cy Williams batted .300 in six of the next seven years and had double figures in home runs for nine years in a row. His only non-.300 year was in 1923 when he ONLY batted .293 and hit 41 home runs.
After his release in 1930, he spent one year as a player-manager at Richmond, Virginia, in the Eastern League. Once retired, he owned a several hundred acre dairy farm in Wisconsin and worked as an architect and started his own construction business.
He liked to hunt and fish, often with Ted Williams.
Quite a Guy. --Cooter
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Cy Williams, Major League Baseball Player 1912-1930-- Part 1
From the Baseball reference Site.
In the previous post, I mentioned an injury to Cy Williams who was playing for the Chicago Cubs. A little more information about him.
Center Field, bat left, throw left. 6'2", 180 pounds.
Born December 27, 1887, in Wadena, Indiana.
School: University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana.
Signed by the Chicago Cubs in 1912 as an amateur free agent. He must have played on DeKalb's baseball team before signing.
Played for the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia from 1912-1930.
Debut July 18, 1912. Last game September 22, 1930, at age 42.
Died April 23, 1974, in Eagle River, Wisconsin, at age 86. He is buried at Three Lakes Cemetery in Three Lakes, Wisconsin.
--Cooter
In the previous post, I mentioned an injury to Cy Williams who was playing for the Chicago Cubs. A little more information about him.
Center Field, bat left, throw left. 6'2", 180 pounds.
Born December 27, 1887, in Wadena, Indiana.
School: University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana.
Signed by the Chicago Cubs in 1912 as an amateur free agent. He must have played on DeKalb's baseball team before signing.
Played for the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia from 1912-1930.
Debut July 18, 1912. Last game September 22, 1930, at age 42.
Died April 23, 1974, in Eagle River, Wisconsin, at age 86. He is buried at Three Lakes Cemetery in Three Lakes, Wisconsin.
--Cooter
Looking Back to 1916: DeKalb Boy Playing for Cubs Injured
From the August 17, 2016, MidWeek "Looking Back."
1916, 100 Years Ago.
"Cyrus Williams, erstwhile DeKalb baseball star, now a member of the Chicago Cub team, was rendered hors du combat in yesterday's baseball battle in Chicago by a rap on the wrist by a pitched ball that made it necessary for him to leave the game."
--Intentional? --Cooter
1916, 100 Years Ago.
"Cyrus Williams, erstwhile DeKalb baseball star, now a member of the Chicago Cub team, was rendered hors du combat in yesterday's baseball battle in Chicago by a rap on the wrist by a pitched ball that made it necessary for him to leave the game."
--Intentional? --Cooter
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