Henri Rondeau

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Henri Joseph Rondeau

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 11, 1913
Final Game July 1, 1916
Born May 7, 1887 in Danielson, CT USA
Died May 28, 1943 in Woonsocket, RI USA

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Henri Rondeau, who was born in Connecticut, played three seasons in the major leagues but also played from 1913-1924 with the Minneapolis Millers.

He was the same age as Ty Cobb, and broke in with the 1913 Detroit Tigers when Cobb hit .390. Rondeau was primarily a catcher at the major league level that year.

He had previously been with Jersey City in the International League in 1912, and was drafted in September that year by the Washington Senators, who sold him to the Tigers two days later.

He came back to the majors in 1915-16 as an outfielder with the Washington Senators, during the time of the Federal League. He played mostly left field, where Howie Shanks was the regular.

Nearly 100 years later, a writer with MLB.com had a column to write about a game played during tropical storm Henri, and decided to look up whether there had ever been a major league player named Henri. Rondeau was the only one, so the writer started his story by talking about the only Henri in the major leagues. See Lilly leaves Tampa Bay all wet, by Kent Schacht.