Ollie Pickering

Ollie Pickering
Pickering at a 1921 Old Timers game at League Park, Cleveland.
Center fielder
Born: April 9, 1870 Olney, Illinois
Died: January 20, 1952(1952-01-20) (aged 81) Vincennes, Indiana
Batted: Left	Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 9, 1896 for the Louisville Colonels
Last MLB appearance
October 8, 1908 for the Washington Senators
Career statistics
Batting average	.272
Hits	910
Stolen bases	194
Teams
Louisville Colonels (1896-1897) Cleveland Spiders (1897) Cleveland Blues/Bronchos (1901-1902) Philadelphia Athletics (1903-1904) St. Louis Browns (1907) Washington Senators (1908)

Oliver Daniel Pickering (April 9, 1870 - January 20, 1952), was a professional baseball player and is noted as the first batter in American League History while playing for the Cleveland Blues in 1901. He went on that season to hit .309 and scored 102 runs for Cleveland. He played outfielder, primarily in center field, in the Major Leagues from 1896-1908. He would play for the Philadelphia Athletics, Louisville Colonels, Cleveland Spiders, Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, and St. Louis Browns. Upon his retirement from playing the game, he became an umpire and later retired in Vincennes, Indiana.

The term "Texas Leaguer" is often attributed to the debut of Ollie Pickering, either in the majors or the Texas League, who came to bat and proceeded to run off a string of seven straight bloop hits.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference

Persondata
Name	Pickering, Ollie
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	April 9, 1870
Place of birth	Olney, Illinois
Date of death	January 20, 1952
Place of death	Vincennes, Indiana