Jeremiah Foley

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Jeremiah W. Foley, Jr.

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BR Minors page (1890-1896)
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Biographical Information[edit]

Jeremiah Foley was a minor league pitcher from 1888 to 1896. A native of Nashua, NH, he got his professional start with his hometown team in the New England Inter State League of 1888[1]. By 1889 he was being recruited by clubs from further afield and spent much of the year pitching for an independent team representing Medford, MA, while also pitching a number of games later in the year in the city league of Troy, NY[2]. He stayed in Troy for the 1890 season, pitching for the city's team in the New York State League. He took regular turns in the pitcher's box for the club throughout the season, going 10-11 in league games while also winning at least 8 exhibition games[3].

Foley returned to Troy to open the 1891 season, but was released after pitching a single league game in late April. He got further chances with Providence, RI, Lewiston, ME, and Lowell, MA during the season, but did not last long at any stop. In 1892 he played with Lawrence, MA in the New England League and for an independent club from Lebanon, NH[4]. Foley was arrested several times for thefts and other disorderly conduct, and although he was sentenced to six months in jail in 1893[5], he seemed to not serve any time immediately, as he pitched with Nashua[6] and with Saginaw in the Ohio-Michigan League[7][8] that season.

After another arrest in 1894[9], Foley seemed to settle down afterwards. He was given another shot with Troy in 1895[10], though spent most of the season with the Central Park club sponsored by the railroad company in Athol, MA[11]. In 1896, he got another trial in Lewiston, but pitched in only one game[12] before departing for an independent club in Montreal, QC[13], also pitching again for the Central Parks later in the summer[14].

Though Foley kept his arm ready for the following season through regular trips to the bowling alley[15], he is not known to have played further. He afterwards stayed in Nashua, working for the railroad, and would umpire games in the city occasionally. He died of pneumonia in 1909[16].

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "The National Game", Nashua Telegraph, May 9, 1888
  2. ↑ "Temporary Drop", Nashua Telegraph, August 26, 1889
  3. ↑ "They Have All Gone", Albany Morning Express, November 15, 1890
  4. ↑ "News and Notes", Nashua Telegraph, September 16, 1892
  5. ↑ "Three Nashuans Sentenced", Nashua Telegraph, April 18, 1893
  6. ↑ "To Play in Lowell", Nashua Telegraph, April 22, 1893
  7. ↑ "The Season Opens", Saginaw News, May 19, 1893
  8. ↑ "Personal and Local Notes", Nashua Daily Gazette, July 6, 1893
  9. ↑ "Police Court", Nashua Daily Gazette, August 13, 1894
  10. ↑ "Personal Paragraphs", Nashua Telegraph, March 14, 1895
  11. ↑ "Cuban Giants 10, Central Parks 6", Boston Globe, July 18, 1895
  12. ↑ "Cold and Clammy", Lewiston Evening Journal, May 20, 1896
  13. ↑ "The Montreal Professionals Are Together at Last", Montreal Gazette, May 21, 1896
  14. ↑ "Sporting Notes of Local Interest", Brattleboro Reformer, June 5, 1896
  15. ↑ "A State League", Lewiston Evening Journal, January 13, 1897
  16. ↑ "Deaths and Funerals", Nashua Telegraph, September 9, 1909

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