Bob carruthers biography

2The Sporting News, October 30, 1886

3 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate, December 15, 1887

4 Elyria (Ohio) Weekly Chronicle, March 20, 1908

5 Glenn Stout and Richard A.

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6Waterloo (Iowa) Daily Times Tribune, August 13, 1910

8Logansport (Indiana) Pharos, July 22. The most significant result on the field was Edinburgh’s first ever victory over Munster Rugby at Thomond Park.

He hit .357 and had an on-base percentage of .463, reinforcing his reputation as one of baseball’s best hitting pitchers ever.

In 1887, as they had each year since 1882, the champions of the American Association faced the National League titleholders in a postseason series. When Pritchard and Byrne went to their hotel Monday night they were not exactly certain as to the result of their endeavors, though they were confident, for Bob, after a quiet talk with his mother, had promised to meet them.

The DVD and book entitled The Hard Yards describes the events on the field. von der Ahe would do well to sign a few more with the same malady.” As for the young man himself, Caruthers said, “My heart did seem to be out of kilter, but I feel better now.”2

In 1887 Caruthers led the Browns to a pennant for a third straight year, winning 29 games against 9 losses for a league-best .763 winning percentage.

He was buried in Graceland Cemetery in Chicago. More than 20 years later another newspaper reported that the sum of $14,250 “is still unique in baseball lore.”4

Before the start of the 1888 baseball season Caruthers married Mary “Mamie” Danks.

Education

Born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, Carruthers attended Kirkcaldy High School.

Career

After graduating from Edinburgh University in 1981 and working for Central Television (now Independent Television Central) Carruthers founded the documentary production company Cromwell Productions Limited, based in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Caruthers had a good year in 1888, winning 29 games. An umpire’s call on a close play at first base deprived Caruthers of a chance to become the first pitcher to hit for the cycle.1 St. Louis again won the pennant and defeated Chicago in the World’s Championship Series. Had this same Robert pulled off these stunts in most any other park, his friends would be looking down on him with tears in their eyes, but the Waterloo fans are different.

Although he certainly did not look like an athlete, the lad took up baseball, despite the objections of his overprotective mother. “The tone was set. The New York players lost their cool. An early example of the arts was the interview program Tony Iommi: The Guitar That Drives Black Sabbath in 1992 about Tony Iommi

The film Chasing the Deer was produced in 1994 and starred Brian Blessed.

He put Caruthers on the market.

Two years earlier, in 1885, King Kelly had been sold by Chicago to Boston for the unheard-of price of $10,000. 1911.