Google Won't Save You #88 -- Milwaukee native MLB'er Lave Cross

[gypcasino]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/gypcasino/whomebe.jpg

 

 

[gypcasino]

I think we need a new twist on this game as it seems to have jumped the shark.

I will send the winner a fabulous prize for this one if they'd like one.

[pogokat]

moonlight graham

or hugh duffy

or john anderson

or ned garvin

 

and i'm done

[gypcasino]

correct

[gypcasino]

OK first hint-

male

[TooLiveBrew]

Snail, or e- ?

[gypcasino]

yes, both of those

[bullox]

Did he wear socks? Made of cotton?

[gypcasino]

He played major league baseball for more than 20 years.

[JimH5]

Is that Bad Bill Dahlen?

[Patrick425]

Sometimes you guys speak in some cryptic shorthand that just loses me...

 

Snail, or e- ?

 

yes, both of those

Huh??

[Patrick425]

Is the picture from a movie? A more recent player who played the part of an older era player?

 

Seems like the quality of the picture is too good to actually be from that era.

[gypcasino]

Sometimes you guys speak in some cryptic shorthand that just loses me...

 

Snail, or e- ?

 

yes, both of those

Huh??

Disregard that. It doesn't have to do with mail of any kind.

[gypcasino]

Is the picture from a movie? A more recent player who played the part of an older era player?

 

Seems like the quality of the picture is too good to actually be from that era.

 

He began his career in the late 1800s. I'm not sure about the picture.I can only find one other one of him.

[Patrick425]

Lave Cross - Born in Milwaukee

[JimH5]

Milwaukee native Lave Cross. That one took a little research. . .

 

 

Grrrrrr. . .Patrick beat me on that one. My computer was downloading a virusscan update, and I was delayed. Stinkin' hackers!

[gypcasino]

Wow, nice work Patrick.
Send me your address if you'd like something from the prize closet.

He was traded to the St. Louis Browns after the 1897 season, and responded with an 1898 campaign in which he hit .317 - the first of seven straight seasons at .290 or better - and finished among the league leaders in hits, doubles and total bases, while again leading the NL in assists and fielding average. Before the 1899 season, the Browns were purchased by the owner of the competing Cleveland Spiders and renamed the Perfectos. The new owners promptly shifted almost all the best players on both teams to St. Louis, with Cleveland being used as a de facto farm club; Cross was sent to Cleveland in the thankless role of player-manager, but was returned to St. Louis after an 8-30 start. Cleveland played even worse afterwards, ending the season at 20-134 and being promptly dissolved, later becoming known as the worst club in major league history. Cross hit .303 after returning to St. Louis, and led the NL in double plays and fielding. In May 1900 his contract was sold to the Brooklyn Superbas, who went on to win the pennant. After over a dozen years on second-rate teams, during which his club managed only a pair of third-place finishes, the move to a championship team was most welcome, and he ended the season among the NL's top ten in RBI (73) while leading the league in fielding for the fourth time.

LINK

[Patrick425]

Funny thing is, this web site states he was born in Maine:

 

http://www.wcnet.org/~dlfleitz/cleve.htm

[gypcasino]

Hmmm, that's what I get for trusting Wikipedia.