23 Facts About Fred Pfeffer

Fred Pfeffer was a second baseman in Major League Baseball between 1882 and 1897.

Fred Pfeffer was a manager at the collegiate and minor-league levels, and after his baseball career he ran a successful Chicago bar until Prohibition.

Fred Pfeffer was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and little is known about his family.

Fred Pfeffer began a three-year stint with a semipro baseball team in Louisville in 1879.

In 1881, Fred Pfeffer asserted himself as a staunch opponent to racial integration in baseball, walking off the field with teammate John Reccius when an opposing team tried to play black catcher Moses Fleetwood Walker.

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Fred Pfeffer debuted in the major leagues with the Troy Trojans on May 1,1882.

Fred Pfeffer became known as a strong defensive player who could make difficult throws from his back or his knees.

Fred Pfeffer was one of the last players who refused to wear a baseball glove.

Fred Pfeffer was often among the league leaders in errors, but these totals were influenced by the fact that he was able to come close to the ball on some impossibly difficult plays.

Fred Pfeffer was sometimes known as "Dandelion" because of his ability to "pick" ground balls hit in the infield.

In 1888, Fred Pfeffer was a member of an American all-star baseball team that went on a world tour to Australia.

The next year, Fred Pfeffer wrote Scientific Ball, which focused on the importance of baserunning and defense.

Fred Pfeffer bragged that he had raised $20,000 in twenty minutes in support of the league, and he said that he could have raised five times that amount.

Fred Pfeffer's efforts led to the signing of Charles Comiskey as the Pirates' manager.

Fred Pfeffer was traded to the Louisville Colonels in exchange for Jim Canavan before the 1892 season.

Fred Pfeffer played for the hapless squad through the 1895 season.

Fred Pfeffer signed with the New York Giants in 1896, where owner Andrew Freedman quickly suspended him, ostensibly for being in poor physical condition.

Fred Pfeffer re-signed with Chicago for the remainder of the 1896 season.

Fred Pfeffer enjoyed significant playing time that year, but he was limited by injuries in 1897, his last year as a major-league player.

Fred Pfeffer broke his arm while throwing a ball before the 1902 season, and that ended Pfeffer's playing career for good.

Fred Pfeffer managed the Decatur Commodores of the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League in 1902.

Fred Pfeffer owned Fred Pfeffer's Bar, which was located behind McVicker's Theater in Chicago and which attracted both theater buffs and baseball fans.

Fred Pfeffer died of heart disease at his Chicago home at age 72.