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RUKen · 08-24-2016, 09:28 AM

Bill Pounds 1903

Pounds was signed by Cleveland at the start of the season and was on their Opening Day roster. He was brought in to pitch on May 2nd in the fourth inning in Chicago when the White Stockings had opened up a big lead; he gave up seven runs (six earned) on eight hits in the 16-6 loss. On May 18th he was released by Cleveland and was picked up shortly thereafter by the New York Highlanders. Pounds was in uniform with the team when the Highlanders visited Chicago for a series May 20th-22nd. A photographer from the Chicago Daily News was taking pictures of the players on the teams visiting both the American League and National League ballparks, and during this visit Pounds had his image preserved for posterity. Before the end of the month, without having appeared in a game for New York, he was sent back to Cleveland, apparently because he could not come to terms on a contract. On June 4th Pounds was signed by Brooklyn of the National League, but he did not appear in a game until June 30th. With Pittsburg ahead 12-0 after three innings, Pounds was sent in to pitch. He allowed five runs (four earned) in six innings on eight hits and two walks in the 17-8 loss, and gave up a long home run to Honus Wagner. On July 3rd, his contract was transferred to Baltimore of the Eastern League, along with that of Hughie Jennings and three other Dodgers. Pounds would never appear in another major league game. A few years after his career had ended, the Utica Observer described him in this way: “Bill Pounds was the champion sweater of the league. He perspired so much that…a miniature lake (formed) around the slab.” After the photographic archives of the Chicago Daily News were posted online in the late 1990's, the image of Pounds remained unidentified, or occasionally misidentified as Doc Adkins, for over a decade. The details of how he was discovered are described in the August 2016 issue of the SABR Pictorial History Research Committee Newsletter: http://sabr.org/research/pictorial-history-research-committee-newsletters

08-24-2016, 09:28 AM	#28939
RUKen Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 295	Bill Pounds 1903 Pounds was signed by Cleveland at the start of the season and was on their Opening Day roster. He was brought in to pitch on May 2nd in the fourth inning in Chicago when the White Stockings had opened up a big lead; he gave up seven runs (six earned) on eight hits in the 16-6 loss. On May 18th he was released by Cleveland and was picked up shortly thereafter by the New York Highlanders. Pounds was in uniform with the team when the Highlanders visited Chicago for a series May 20th-22nd. A photographer from the Chicago Daily News was taking pictures of the players on the teams visiting both the American League and National League ballparks, and during this visit Pounds had his image preserved for posterity. Before the end of the month, without having appeared in a game for New York, he was sent back to Cleveland, apparently because he could not come to terms on a contract. On June 4th Pounds was signed by Brooklyn of the National League, but he did not appear in a game until June 30th. With Pittsburg ahead 12-0 after three innings, Pounds was sent in to pitch. He allowed five runs (four earned) in six innings on eight hits and two walks in the 17-8 loss, and gave up a long home run to Honus Wagner. On July 3rd, his contract was transferred to Baltimore of the Eastern League, along with that of Hughie Jennings and three other Dodgers. Pounds would never appear in another major league game. A few years after his career had ended, the Utica Observer described him in this way: “Bill Pounds was the champion sweater of the league. He perspired so much that…a miniature lake (formed) around the slab.” After the photographic archives of the Chicago Daily News were posted online in the late 1990's, the image of Pounds remained unidentified, or occasionally misidentified as Doc Adkins, for over a decade. The details of how he was discovered are described in the August 2016 issue of the SABR Pictorial History Research Committee Newsletter: http://sabr.org/research/pictorial-history-research-committee-newsletters Attached Images Last edited by RUKen; 08-24-2016 at 03:47 PM.