Abner Dalrymple
American baseball player
Died when: 81 years 138 days (976 months)Star Sign: Virgo
Abner Frank Dalrymple (September 9, 1857 – January 25, 1939) was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball who hit 43 home runs (including 22 in 1884, the second-highest total to that date) and batted .288 with 407 RBI during his 12-season career spent primarily with the Chicago White Stockings.
Born in Gratiot, Wisconsin, he played for the Milwaukee Grays, White Stockings, Pittsburgh Alleghenys, and Milwaukee Brewers.Dalrymple started his major league career in 1878 with the National League's Milwaukee Grays, and that season, he had a career-high .354 batting average.
He spent the next eight seasons with the Chicago White Stockings, for whom he starred as the leadoff hitter on five NL pennant winners.
In 1880, Dalrymple led the league in hits (126) and runs scored (91).In 1881, he became the first batter known to be given an intentional walk with the bases loaded.
He hit four doubles in a game in 1883, which still ties him for the major league record.In 1884, aided by the short right field fence at his home park, Dalrymple hit a career-high 22 home runs and moved into sixth place on the all-time home run list.
On the strength of 11 home runs for the 1885 champions, he moved up one place.For the remainder of his career, he hit only six home runs.
His hitting declined in 1886, and his major league career ended five years later.Dalrymple died in Warren, Illinois at age 81.
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