24 Facts About Bill Dahlen

Bill Dahlen was among the NL's top seven players in hits, runs, triples and total bases.

Bill Dahlen's 42-game hitting streak in 1894 was a record until 1897, and remains the fourth longest in history and the longest by a right-handed NL hitter.

Bill Dahlen was born in Nelliston, New York at the corner of Berthoud and Bill Dahlen and East Main to a family of German descent.

Bill Dahlen attended Fort Plain High School and the Clinton Liberal Institute, where he began an amateur baseball career as a pitcher and second baseman.

Bill Dahlen played semi-professionally in 1889, and professionally in the New York State League in 1890.

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Bill Dahlen married his wife, Hattie, on January, 1,1890, and the couple had a daughter, Corinne, the next year.

Bill Dahlen was a very good hitter and had a good amount of power for the dead-ball era.

Bill Dahlen began his career with the Colts in 1891, and during his eight years with the team finished among the NL's top ten players in home runs four times and in slugging average three times.

Bill Dahlen's mark was broken three years later by Willie Keeler, who hit in 44 straight; that NL record was eventually tied by Pete Rose.

Bill Dahlen twice hit three triples in a game, and once he tripled twice in one inning.

Bill Dahlen was often considered one of the quietest players in the game, keeping to himself most of the time.

Bill Dahlen was named Brooklyn's manager for the 1910 season, but never finished above 6th place in four seasons.

Bill Dahlen's last playing appearances were three games as a pinch-hitter in 1910, and one game at shortstop in 1911.

Bill Dahlen's 289 stolen bases after the statistic was redefined in 1898 were then among the ten highest totals, as were his 547 total steals since they were first recorded in 1887.

Bill Dahlen worked a number of jobs after his baseball career ended, including serving as an attendant at Yankee Stadium and working as a night clerk in a Brooklyn post office.

Bill Dahlen died in Brooklyn after a long illness at age 80, and was buried in the Cemetery of the Evergreens, Brooklyn, New York City, New York.

Bill Dahlen initially received very little support for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame; he received just one vote from the Veterans Committee on the Hall's inaugural 1936 ballot and again received a single vote when he was included on the Baseball Writers' Association of America's 1938 ballot.

Bill Dahlen was not considered again by the Veterans Committee for several decades in part due to the reputation of his advanced statistics, Bill Dahlen's candidacy has received renewed interest in recent years.

Bill Dahlen was included on the committee's Pre-1943 ballot for 2009 but received three or fewer of the twelve member committee's votes.

Bill Dahlen was included again on the newly formed Pre-Integration Committee's ballot for 2013.

Bill Dahlen received ten out of sixteen votes, falling two votes short of election, the highest total of any person on the ballot who was not elected.

Bill Dahlen was included again on the Pre-Integration Committee's 2016 ballot but the committee selected no new Hall of Fame members as Bill Dahlen tied for second place with eight of sixteen votes.

Bill Dahlen was considered again by the newly formed Early Baseball Era Committee for the 2022 ballot but received three or fewer of the committee's sixteen votes.

Nineteenth Century Committee of the Society for American Baseball Research named Bill Dahlen the Overlooked 19th Century Baseball Legend for 2012—a 19th-century player, manager, executive or other baseball personality not yet inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.