Harry Wolverton played all or part of nine seasons in Major League Baseball from 1898 through 1905 and 1912.
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28 Facts About Harry Wolverton
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Harry Wolverton played for the Chicago Orphans, Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators, Boston Beaneaters, and New York Highlanders, primarily as a third baseman.
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Harry Wolverton was born in Mount Vernon, Ohio, on December 6,1873, to Amanda and John the Baptist Harry Wolverton.
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Harry Wolverton had an older brother, Fred, and a younger sister, Birdie.
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Harry Wolverton played sandlot ball, and then played for his high school baseball team.
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Harry Wolverton then enrolled at Kenyon College, where he played American football as a halfback, and baseball as a catcher.
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Harry Wolverton played semi-professional baseball for a Paulding, Ohio team for the summer of 1895, earning $60 a month as a pitcher and first baseman.
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Harry Wolverton signed with the Columbus Senators of the Western League on February 22,1896, beginning his professional career in minor league baseball as a pitcher.
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Manager Tom Burns named Harry Wolverton his starting third baseman in 1899, and batted him third in the lineup.
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Harry Wolverton tied a major league record in 1900 by hitting three triples in one game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Harry Wolverton expressed his desire to return to Philadelphia, and the Senators acknowledged that signing Harry Wolverton was a mistake.
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Harry Wolverton returned to minor league baseball, joining the Williamsport Millionaires of the Tri-State League in 1906 as their third baseman.
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Harry Wolverton then became player-manager of the Newark Indians of the Eastern League in 1909.
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Harry Wolverton was offered the managerial job in Newark, but he declined, opting to remain in Oakland.
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Harry Wolverton inserted himself into games as a pinch hitter, batting.
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Harry Wolverton returned to the PCL, managing the Sacramento Sacts in 1913 and 1914.
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Harry Wolverton purchased the team with a business partner after the 1913 season for $20,000, but the team lost $24,000 the next year and went bankrupt.
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Harry Wolverton managed the San Francisco Seals of the PCL from 1915 through June 17,1917, when he was fired.
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Harry Wolverton led the Seals to the PCL championship in 1915, and had the Seals in first place at the time of his firing, which team owner Henry Berry said was over player salaries.
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Harry Wolverton returned to professional baseball as the manager of the Seattle Indians of the PCL in 1923.
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Harry Wolverton argued with the team's owners about the amount of money spent to acquire new players, and resigned on July 8,1923.
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Harry Wolverton purchased a farm in San Mateo, California in July 1917, after he was fired from the Seals.
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Harry Wolverton died in Oakland, California, at age 63 in a hit-and-run automobile accident.
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Harry Wolverton was on patrol that day, and it was the second hit-and-run accident he suffered during the shift.
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Harry Wolverton is interred at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma, California.
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