- Mal Kittridge
Malachi Jedidiah "Mal" Kittridge [or Kittredge] (b.
October 12 1869 ,Clinton, Massachusetts - d.June 23 1928 ,Gary, Indiana ) was acatcher inMajor League Baseball who played for the Chicago Colts (1890-97),Louisville Colonels (1898-99), |Washington Senators (NL) (1899), Boston Beaneaters (1901-03), Washington Senators (AL) (1903-06) and Cleveland Naps (1906). Kittridge batted and threw right handed.Kittridge was not a good hitter, but in his career, he was regarded as having one of the best throwing arms. In 1904 he was hired as player-manager of the American League Washington Senators, but he started off horrendously, going 1-16 (.059) before being replaced by
Patsy Donovan . The Senators would finish 38-113 that season. He was traded to Cleveland in the middle of the by|1906 season, but he would only have five more at-bats for the Naps before retiring from baseball.Kittridge died in
Gary, Indiana at age 58.External links
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kittrma01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://members.tripod.com/bb_catchers/catchers/kittridg.htm Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers]
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