Dude Esterbrook

Dude Esterbrook
Third baseman
Born: June 20, 1857(1857-06-20) Staten Island, New York
Died: April 20, 1901(1901-04-20) (aged 43) Middletown, New York
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 1, 1880 for the Buffalo Bisons
Last MLB appearance
July 22, 1891 for the Brooklyn Grooms
Career statistics
Batting average	.261
Runs batted in	210
Stolen bases	55
Teams
As Player Buffalo Bisons (1880) Cleveland Blues (1882) New York Metropolitans (1883–1884) New York Giants (1885–1886) New York Metropolitans (1887) Indianapolis Hoosiers (1888) Louisville Colonels (1888–1889) New York Giants (1890) Brooklyn Grooms (1891) As Manager Louisville Colonels (1889)

Thomas John "Dude" Esterbrook (June 20, 1857 – April 30, 1901) was an American Major League Baseball player from Staten Island, New York who played the majority of his games at third base, but did play many games at first base. Esterbrook played for seven different teams during his 11-year career, and had his biggest success in 1884, while playing for the New York Metropolitans, when he batted .314, and was among the leaders in many other batting categories.^[1]

In 1889, Esterbrook was named the manager, or "Captain" as it was known then, of the Louisville Colonels. After only ten games, and only two wins, the team owner determined that due to the team's record and his manager's confrontational behavior, Esterbrook would be fired and replaced by Jimmy Wolf.^[2]

Esterbrook died at the age of 43 when he leaped from a train, in Middletown, New York, that was transporting him to a mental hospital.^[3] He is buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.^[4]

References

1. ^ Baseball-Reference player page
2. ^ SABR Biography - Chicken Wolf
3. ^ New York Metropolitans player profiles
4. ^ Baseball Almanac player page

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Preceded by John Kerins

Louisville Colonels Managers 1889

Succeeded by Jimmy Wolf

Persondata
Name	Esterbrook, Dude
Alternative names	Esterbrook, Thomas John
Short description	Major League Baseball player
Date of birth	June 20, 1857
Place of birth	Staten Island, New York
Date of death	April 30, 1901
Place of death	Middletown, New York