From a team photo of the Murphysboro Clarkes	Herman Bader Born: March 18, 1862 Died: March 13, 1931 Goto Baseball Reference for Herman Bader lf Majors: No
	Sioux City Position: lf First game: July 4, 1888 Last game: July 19, 1888 # of games: 14	Signed by Sioux City from Denver of the Western League by July 1. Last game with Sioux City on July 19; played for Salt Lake City with Blanchard on July 24.

Herman Bader started one game for the St. Louis Maroons of the National League in 1885. According to the St. Louis Globe Democrat of October 1, 1885, Bader was going to be given a trial in left field with St. Louis that day in their game against Philadelphia. The next day, the paper reported that the game was called in the second inning due to rain, washing Bader's moment in the majors away. I have not found any box score or details of that game, beyond that Philadelphia had a lead of 1-0 at the time the game was called.

Herman Bader was born in St. Louis on March 18, 1862. He played for some of the top local amateur clubs in the city in the early 1880s where he earned a reputation as a good outfielder and a fast base runner. His reputation earned him his washed out shot with the Maroons. His true professional career started with Lincoln in the Western League in 1886 at the age of 24. In 1887 he moved to Omaha, also in the Western League, where he had his best season as a hitter. He hit .300, scored 100 runs and stole 19 bases in 106 games. In 1888 he started the season with Denver, again in the Western League. When Sioux City replaced St. Louis in the Western Association, they signed Bader and Frank Genins, another St. Louis native, from Denver. Bader lasted about two weeks with Sioux City, after which he moved on to Salt Lake City. He joined Dallas in the Texas League in 1889, where he stole 146 bases in just 95 games before the club disbanded in August. Still, he only hit .237 for Dallas, proving you can't steal first base. He finished the 1889 season with Evansville.

Bader was again poised to play in the majors in 1890 after he signed with Washington of the National League during the winter of 1889-1890. That opportunity ended when Washington left the National League for the Atlantic Association in late March 1890. ¹

After the 1889 season, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati jumped from the American Association to the National League, putting 10 clubs in the NL and leaving only 6 in the Association. In addition, Kansas City and Baltimore left the Association after the 1889 season (leaving that league with only four clubs), and the Players League formed for 1890, adding 8 more major league franchises. The Association struggled to find four clubs to fill the league out, ultimately adding Rochester, Syracuse, Toledo and a new club in Brooklyn. The Brooklyn club folded in-season, and Baltimore returned. On the eve of the season, Washington left the National League and Indianapolis was dropped, returning the National League to eight clubs. Following the 1890 season, the Players League folded. The Association lasted one more season before it merged with the National League before the 1892 season.

Bader moved to Albany in the Eastern League late in 1890, and stayed there for all of 1891 and into 1892, in which season he did a tour of the Eastern League, starting with Albany (32 games) and then spending time in Buffalo (3 games), Rochester (2 games) and Syracuse (2 games) to end his professional career. He continued playing baseball with amateur teams in St. Louis after his professional career ended.

Bader returned to St. Louis after the 1892 season. He worked in the city courthouse as a deputy sheriff and opened a saloon at Grand and Florissant. He gradually became involved in St. Louis politics, serving on the Republican City Committee for 16 years, and then being elected for three consecutive terms (12 years total) to the office of Clerk of the Circuit Court for Criminal Causes. He declined to run for a fourth term because his son, Art Bader, was on the ballot for a judgeship. Art played in two games for the St. Louis Browns in 1904 at the age of 17 before playing for six years in the Western League. After his baseball career ended, Art graduated from Washington University with a law degree and served as a judge at various levels in Missouri. Herman closed his saloon with the approach of prohibition. He retired from his position as Clerk in 1930, and he died of a heart attack on March 13, 1931.

Date	Pos	AB	R	BH	2B	3B	HR	SB	PO	A	E	BB	HPB	K
7-4-1888	lf	3	0	0				1	2	0	0
7-4-1888	lf	3	0	0					1	0	1
7-5-1888	lf	4	0	1				0	1	0	1
7-7-1888	lf	3	0	0				0	0	0	0			1
7-8-1888	lf	4	0	1				1	3	0	0
7-9-1888	lf	3	1	1				2	2	0	0
7-10-1888	lf	4	0	1				1	4	0	1			1
7-12-1888	lf	3	1	1	1			0	3	0	0
7-13-1888	lf	4	1	0				1	2	0	0
7-14-1888	lf	4	1	1				1	3	0	0
7-15-1888	lf	4	1	0				0	0	0	0
7-17-1888	lf	4	1	1				1	2	0	0
7-18-1888	lf	3	0	1				0	2	0	0
7-19-1888	lf	4	0	1				1	1	0	2
14 Games		50	6	9	1	0	0	9	26	0	5	0	0	2