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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 57. Chapters: Albert Spalding, Jimmy Collins, King Kelly, Jimmy McAleer, Cap Anson, Luke Sewell, George Wright, Fred Hutchinson, Bill Terry, Harry Wright, Bill McGunnigle, Fred Haney, Alvin Dark, Fred Clarke, Hugh Duffy, Patsy Donovan, Bucky Harris, Harry Walker, John Russell, Al Lopez, George Stallings, Eddie Dyer, Ned Hanlon, Frank Selee, Mayo Smith, Steve O'Neill, Birdie Tebbetts, Gabby Street, Joe Tinker, Frank Chance, Arthur Irwin, Pants Rowland, Charlie Grimm, Del Baker, Pat Moran, Eddie Sawyer, Sam Mele, Arden Eddie, Roger Peckinpaugh, Lee Fohl, Lon Knight, Fielder Jones, Billy Barnie, Joe Mikulik, Jack Chapman, Patsy Tebeau, Jake Stahl, Fred Dunlap, Fred Mitchell, Kim In-Sik, Jack Hendricks, Bill Watkins, Louie Heilbroner, Jim Mutrie, Manager, Frank Bancroft, Gus Schmelz, Lew Phelan, Freeman Brown, Robert Leadley, Felix Moses. Excerpt: As manager Michael Joseph "King" Kelly (December 31, 1857 - November 8, 1894) was an American right fielder, catcher, and manager in various professional American baseball leagues including the National League, International Association, Players' League, and the American Association. He spent the majority of his 16-season playing career with the Chicago White Stockings and the Boston Beaneaters. Kelly was a player-manager three times in his career - in 1887 for the Beaneaters, in 1890 leading the Boston Reds to the pennant in the only season of the Players' League's existence, and in 1891 for the Cincinnati Kelly's Killers - before his retirement in 1893. He is also often credited with helping to popularize various strategies as a player such as the hit and run, the hook slide, and the catcher's practice of backing up first base. In only the second vote since its creation in 1939 the Old Timers Committee elected Kelly to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945. In concluding where to truly give K...
