Joe Gunson
| Joe Gunson | |
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| File:Joe Gunson.jpg | |
| Catcher | |
| Born: March 23, 1863 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |
| Died: November 15, 1942 (aged 79) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| June 14, 1884, for the Washington Nationals | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 18, 1893, for the Cleveland Spiders | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .211 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| Runs scored | 96 |
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Joseph Brook Gunson (March 23, 1863 – November 15, 1942) was an American Major League Baseball catcher between 1884 and 1893.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Born in Philadelphia, Gunson played for the Cleveland Spiders, Washington Nationals, Kansas City Cowboys, Baltimore Orioles, and St. Louis Browns from 1884 to 1893. He is sometimes credited with creating the first catcher's mitt when he was trying to play through an 1888 finger injury. Though Gunson was young and did not need the money, Jim Manning was going to help him patent it once Manning returned from a summer baseball tour. Gunson said that he told some other players about the glove and that many other players began using such a mitt before Manning came home.[1]
Gunson died at his Philadelphia home in 1942.[2]
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference · Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 1863 births
- 1942 deaths
- Major League Baseball catchers
- Cleveland Spiders players
- Kansas City Cowboys (AA) players
- Washington Nationals (UA) players
- Baltimore Orioles (NL) players
- St. Louis Browns (AA) players
- 19th-century baseball players
- 19th-century American sportsmen
- Meriden Maroons players
- Rochester Maroons players
- Atlanta Atlantas players
- Hartford Dark Blues (minor league) players
- Topeka Golden Giants players
- Kansas City Blues (baseball) players
- Erie Blackbirds players
- Springfield Maroons players
- Springfield Ponies players
- Scranton Miners players
- Scranton Red Sox players
- Rochester Patriots players
- Ottawa Wanderers players
- Newark Colts players
- Philadelphia Athletics (minor league) players
- Harrisburg Ponies players
- Baseball players from Philadelphia