Reynolds

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Acquired: Played one game for the St. Louis Whites on June 1, 1888 as a fill-in.


On June 1, the Whites were set to play in Des Moines in their fifth game in four days on a road trip, and their seventh in six days (including two double headers). Hughes (Joe Murphy) and Harry Staley started a double header at home on May 27 against Omaha. May 28 was a travel day, and Staley started on May 29 in Kansas City. On May 30, Nyce and Staley started the two games of a double header against Kansas City, and then Nyce started on May 31 in the first game of the series in Des Moines. The Whites won just one of those previous six games (an 8-0 shutout of Omaha by Staley in Game 2 of the May 27 double header at the start of the run). The start on June 1 would be Staley's third start in four days.

When the Whites turned in their lineup for the game, they named "Reynolds", a local amateur, as the starter. Per the St. Paul Globe

"...just before play was called, Loftus tried to work in Staley. This was objected to very firmly by the home management and Umpire Powers sustained the point contended for, Loftus threatened to take his team off the field; but he was told he would forfeit the same and his guaranty. He finally sent his men in, with Reynolds in the box, and the result was an unmerciful drubbing."
The identity of Reynolds is not given in any of the game accounts. The Chicago Tribune called him a phenomenon, but then clarified "and how a man could don a uniform and know less of the science of ball-playing is apparently where the phenomenal part of it came in." The Des Moines Register was completely silent as to the Whites starter, not even mentioning that anything unusual had occurred. There was no report on the game in any of the St. Louis papers.



Stats with the St. Louis Whites

Batting stats
Year Team Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1888 STW -- 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0.25 0.25 Pitching stats
Year Team Pos Age W L ERA G GS CG SH S IP R H HR BB K ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1888 STW P -- 0 1 14.00 1 1 1 0 9.0 21 20 2 5