Product Description
Photograph of baseball player Jimmy Archer of the Chicago Cubs baseball team. Photo dates to 1912.
About the Player
James Patrick Archer (May 13, 1883 – March 29, 1958) was an Irish-born catcher in Major League Baseball who spent nearly his entire career with four National League teams, primarily the Chicago Cubs, for whom he played from 1909 to 1917. Born in Dublin, he also played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1904, the American League's Detroit Tigers in 1907, and the Pirates, Brooklyn Robins and Cincinnati Reds in 1918. As a catcher, he could remain squatting and still throw out runners attempting to steal second base due to his unique arm strength, which became his trademark, acquired from the healing of burns that shortened his muscles after an industrial accident in which Archer fell into a vat of boiling sap at the age of 19.
He was elected to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990.
Source: Wikipedia.org
Additional Information
| Photo Date | 1910-1919 |
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