Count Campau

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Charles Columbus Campau

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 160 lb.
School University of Notre Dame
Debut July 7, 1888
Final Game July 17, 1894
Born October 17, 1863 in Detroit, MI USA
Died April 3, 1938 in New Orleans, LA USA

[edit] Biographical Information

Count Campau played three unconnected seasons for three different teams in the majors, and also managed part of one season. With the 1888 Detroit Wolverines (in 70 games) and the 1894 Washington Senators (in 2 games) he wasn't impressive, but with the 1890 St. Louis Browns he hit .322 in a league that hit .253. He led the league in home runs and was second in the league in slugging percentage, since he also had 12 triples.

He managed for a while, in a season where the 1890 Browns had 5 managers in spite of being over .500. Campau did even better than that, since the team under his helm won nearly 2/3 of its games (27-14).

St. Louis is said to have bought his release from the Wolverines along with that of several other players on June 25, 1890. St. Louis started a string of victories at that point.

In 1887 and 1892 he was a star player for the New Orleans Pelicans. Later in 1903, he managed them for part of the season.

The NCAA website says he attended the University of Notre Dame.

Preceded by
Chief Roseman

St. Louis Browns Manager
1890

Succeeded by
Joe Gerhardt

[edit] Year-by-Year Managerial Record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish
1890	St. Louis Browns	American Association	27-14	3rd	repalced Chief Roseman

1896	Seattle Yannigans/Rainmakers	New Pacific League	13-19	4th

1901	Binghamton Bingoes	New York State League	69-45	3rd
1902	Binghamton Bingoes	New York State League	71-41	2nd
1903	New Orleans Pelicans	Southern Association		--	replaced by Zeke Wrigley
	Binghamton Bingoes	New York State League		6th	replaced Fred Popkay
1904	Binghamton Bingoes	New York State League	40-85	8th
1905	Binghamton Bingoes	New York State League		--	replaced by Robert Drury