Saturday, October 5, 2019

MAJOR LEAGUE FOUNDERS 1876-1976: JACK MANNING

Today, in what will probably be the last entry in this long-running thread, I offer up a “1876 Founders” card as part of an imagined 1976 sub-set for 12-year professional Jack Manning, who started his career as a 19-year-old in 1873 in the National Association, straight through the early years of the Majors:


Primarily a right fielder throughout his career, Manning was the third player in Major League history to hit three home runs in a single game when he accomplished the feat on October 9th, 1884 when his Philadelphia club played the Chicago White Stockings at Lakeshore Park, a hitter-friendly ballpark that also had the previous two players (Cap Anson and Ned Williamson) also hit their three homers there as well.
Over his 12 professional seasons, Manning hit .263 with 922 hits over 3505 at-bats in 833 games, playing for eight teams in three leagues between 1873 and 1886.

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