Looking for something else entirely I ran across this account of a 1902 game between the Cuban X Giants and the local team in Chester, Pennsylvania. On the mound for Chester was Stoney McGlynn, a minor league superstar and sometime St. Louis Cardinal who is supposed to have been a distant relative of mine. Although the game was close, the X Giants smashed four home runs off poor Stoney in their 5-to-3 win, three of the long balls coming from the bat of the almost completely unknown Ed Wilson.
You should be able to enlarge the story by clicking on it; be sure to read the notes on the game in the far right column.
You should be able to enlarge the story by clicking on it; be sure to read the notes on the game in the far right column.
Posted by Gary Ashwill
Certainly could be. McGlynn, btw, allowed only 6 home runs in his entire major league career, but gave up 4 in this game. And at least two of Wilson's were over-the-fence home runs, though who knows how big the Chester park was.
I just wish I knew more about Wilson. About all I've got is a passenger list from December 1903 that gives his age then as 25.
Posted by: Gary Ashwill | September 8, 2009 at 01:43 PM
Just wondering if this might be the first instance of an African-American hitting three home runs off a future Major Leaguer?
Posted by: Scott Simkus | September 6, 2009 at 09:49 PM