Buck Ewing

In the early years of Veterans Committee selections, electors were charged with identifying 19th century players worthy of Hall of Fame induction. In 1939, the Museum’s inaugural year, the committee (then called the Centennial Commission) was comprised of just three men – Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis, National League President Ford Frick and American League President Will Harridge.

Career: 71 HR, .303 BA, 883 RBI, C/1B/RF, HOF in 1939, Giants/Gothams/... 1880-1897, b:R/t:R, 1x HR Leader, born in OH 1859, died 1906

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Major League Baseball Umpire. Between 1894 and 1890, he pitched in the American Association and the National League which later hired him in 1895. He worked the First World Series in 1903 and would work nine more in his tenure. He was the senior umpire behind home plate at the Polo Grounds in which Fred Merkle committed his boner which cost the New York Giants the League pennant to the Chicago Cubs in 1908. He would go on to umpire over 2,700 games in over a thirty year career ending in 1927. (bio by: Robert)

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Born on October 17, 1859, in Hoagland, Ohio, a small town about 53 miles east of Cincinnati, William Ewing was the uncle of twentieth-century major league pitcher Bob Ewing and the older brother of major league pitcher John Ewing, with whom he formed a formidable battery for two years (1890-91) before John left the game prematurely due to a string of lung ailments that led to his early death.

William "Buck" Ewing (October 17, 1859 – October 20, 1906) was an American Major League Baseball player and manager, and is widely regarded as the best catcher of his era and is often argued as one of the best players of the 19th century.