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Steve Libby

First Base
  • Series: Pioneer Portraits II: 1875-1899
  • City: Buffalo
  • Team: Bisons
  • League: National League

Stephen Augustus Libby (1853-1935) played one game for the Buffalo Bisons of the National League on May 10, 1879. His first game was also his last. Libby went on to umpire one game that year and eight more in 1880 behind the plate.

  • Libby played 1B, handling 8 chances without an error
  • Not as successful at the plate, Libby was 0-2 with a lifetime .000 BA

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Curry Foley

Outfield
  • Series: Pioneer Portraits II: 1875-1899
  • City: Buffalo
  • Team: Bisons
  • League: National League

Charles Joseph Foley (1856-1898) was a versatile Irishman with the Boston Redcaps & Buffalo Bisons over six seasons, playing OF, 1B & pitching. Foley was an early & tragic victim of the reserve clause. Already impaired by rheumatism, he was run out of the game by management who saw a faker & would neither play nor release him.

  • First batter to hit for the cycle (in 1882)
  • Participated in the first duel of left-handers, versus Bobby Mitchell of Cleveland, July 19, 1879
  • Cited by John Montgomery Ward as a prime example of the abuses of the reserve clause

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