| Abner Dalrymple | |
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| Left fielder | |
| Born:(1857-09-09)September 9, 1857 Gratiot, Wisconsin, U.S. | |
| Died: January 25, 1939(1939-01-25) (aged 81) Warren, Illinois, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| May 1, 1878, for the Milwaukee Grays | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| October 2, 1891, for the Milwaukee Brewers | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .288 |
| Home runs | 43 |
| Runs batted in | 407 |
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Abner Frank Dalrymple (September 9, 1857 – January 25, 1939) was an Americanleft fielder inMajor League Baseball who hit 43home runs (including 22 in 1884, the second-highest total to that date) andbatted .288 with 407RBI during his 12-season career spent primarily with theChicago White Stockings. Born inGratiot, Wisconsin, he played for theMilwaukee Grays, White Stockings,Pittsburgh Alleghenys, andMilwaukee Brewers.
Dalrymple started his major league career in 1878 with theNational League's Milwaukee Grays, and that season, he had a career-high .354 batting average.[1] He spent the next eight seasons with the Chicago White Stockings, for whom he starred as the leadoff hitter on five NL pennant winners. In 1880, Dalrymple led the league inhits (126) andruns scored (91). In 1881, he became the first batter known to be given anintentional walk with the bases loaded. He hit fourdoubles in a game in 1883, which still ties him for the major league record. In 1884, aided by the short right field fence at his home park, Dalrymple hit a career-high 22 home runs and moved into sixth place on the all-time home run list. On the strength of 11 home runs for the 1885 champions, he moved up one place. For the remainder of his career, he hit only six home runs. His hitting declined in 1886, and his major league career ended five years later.
Dalrymple died inWarren, Illinois at age 81.
Dalrymple is sometimes cited as one of only three players in MLB history to win abatting title during hisrookie season, a feat which he accomplished in1878. (The other two wereTony Oliva, in 1964, andIchiro, in 2001.) However, Dalrymple's claim to leading the league in hitting in 1878 has since been disputed–– even though the National League initially awarded him the batting crown for that year, further research has suggested thatPaul Hines actually had a higher batting average that season (.358 to Dalrymple's .354), once one accounts for hits that were made in tie ballgames (at the time, statistics from tie games weren't counted).[2]
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