Tag Archives: American Association
O.P. Caylor
O.P. Caylor (Baseball. Born, Dayton, OH, Dec. 14, 1849; died, Winona, MN, Oct. 19, 1897.) A Cincinnati sportswriter who talked himself into two seasons as the manager of the Cincinnati team in the then-major league American Association, Oliver Hazard Perry Caylor came to New York in 1887 to manage the A.A. Mets, then based in […]
Parisian Bob Caruthers
Parisian Bob Caruthers (Baseball. Born, Memphis, TN, Jan. 5, 1864; died, Peoria, IL, Aug. 5, 1911.) Though he pitched for them for only three seasons, Robert Lee Caruthers was a vital part of Brooklyn’s first two major league championship baseball teams. Caruthers was 92-37 in his three seasons in Brooklyn after being acquired prior to […]
Steve Palermo
Steve Palermo (Baseball. Born, Oxford, MA, Oct. 9, 1949.) Coming to the A.L. as a 27-year-old in 1977, Stephen Michael Palermo established himself as a rising star among umpires. Palermo was a product of the umpire development program and came to the A.L. after rapid progress through the New York-Penn, Eastern, and Carolina Leagues and […]