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1898 Reading Coal Heavers

1898 > Class B > 1898 Atlantic League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Denny Long
Represented: Reading, PA
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1897 / 1899

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Fred Betts 29 L L 5' 7.0" 155 Sep 15, 1868 St. Louis, MO, US 1898-04-27 1898-09-10
Jim Cockman 25 R R 5' 6.0" 145 Apr 26, 1873 Guelph, ON, CA 1898-04-27 1898-09-10
Edward Connors -- Unknown 1898-04-29 1898-05-28
Charles Culver -- Unknown 1898-06-27 1898-07-06
John Dobbins -- Unknown Camden, NJ, US 1898-08-21 1898-08-21
John Dobbins -- Unknown Camden, NJ, US 1898-06-26 1898-07-10
Hi Ebright 39 R R 5' 9.0" 180 Jun 12, 1859 Lancaster County, PA, US 1898-09-10 1898-09-10
Ben Ellis 27 5' 10.0" 166 Jul, 1870 New York, NY, US 1898-04-27 1898-04-27
Edward Fertsch 23 Jul 13, 1874 NJ, US 1898-04-11 1898-09-10
Brownie Foreman 22 L L 5' 8.0" 150 Aug 6, 1875 Baltimore, MD, US 1898-07-29 1898-08-20
Ned Garvin 24 R R 6' 3.0" 160 Jan 1, 1874 Navasota, TX, US 1898-04-27 1898-09-10
Goodhart -- Unknown 1898-08-05 1898-08-16
Harry Hepting -- Unknown 1898-07-26 1898-07-29
Mike Heydon 23 L R 5' 10.0" 155 Jul 15, 1874 MO, US 1898-04-27 1898-09-10
Will Holland 36 5' 10.0" 180 1862 Georgetown, DE, US
Denny Long 31 1867 Wilmington, DE, US 1898-09-07 1898-09-07
Howard Luckey -- Unknown 1898-06-27 1898-07-20
Lukens -- Unknown 1898-07-09 1898-07-09
McCann -- Unknown 1898-08-07 1898-08-07
McGill -- Unknown 1898-09-05 1898-09-05
Butch McIntyre 28 1870 Lebanon, IN, US 1898-04-27 1898-04-30
Willie Mills 20 R R 5' 7.0" 150 Aug 15, 1877 Scheneves, NY, US 1898-07-31 1898-07-31
Willie Mills 20 R R 5' 7.0" 150 Aug 15, 1877 Scheneves, NY, US 1898-04-30 1898-05-21
George Moore -- Unknown 1898-05-02 1898-05-25
John Newell 30 R L 5' 9.0" 170 Jan 14, 1868 Wilmington, DE, US 1898-05-02 1898-09-10
Doc Newton 20 L L 6' 0.0" 185 Oct 26, 1877 Mount Carmel, IN, US 1898-06-02 1898-06-17
Reed -- Unknown 1898-09-05 1898-09-05
Herman Shincel 25 Dec 14, 1872 PA, US 1898-05-02 1898-05-14
Ed Slater -- Unknown Northampton, MA, US 1898-04-27 1898-09-10
William Spratt -- Unknown 1898-04-29 1898-09-10
Scott Stratton 28 L R 6' 0.0" 180 Oct 2, 1869 Campbellsburg, KY, US 1898-04-27 1898-09-10
Elizabeth Stroud -- Unknown 1898-07-05 1898-07-05
Swarm -- Unknown 1898-06-13 1898-06-13
Arthur Switzer -- Unknown 1898-05-28 1898-05-30
Curtis Templin -- Unknown 1898-09-01 1898-09-02
George Ulrich 29 Jun 5, 1869 Philadelphia, PA, US
George Weeks -- Unknown 1898-07-28 1898-07-30
Woods -- Unknown 1898-07-09 1898-07-09
Stan Yerkes 23 R R 5' 10.0" 165 Nov 28, 1874 Cheltenham, PA, US 1898-08-29 1898-08-31
Zieber -- Unknown 1898-08-30 1898-08-31

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