John Traffley
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John M. Traffley was an American
professional baseball
player who played for the 1889 Louisville Colonels
. He appeared in one game for the Colonels, on June 15, 1889 as an outfielder
. His brother, Bill Traffley
, also played professional baseball. He got his chance to play for the Colonels because some of the regular ballplayers were on strike.
United States
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professional baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
player who played for the 1889 Louisville Colonels
Louisville Colonels
The Louisville Colonels were a Major League Baseball team that played in the American Association throughout that league's ten-year existence from 1882 until 1891, first as the Louisville Eclipse and later as the Louisville Colonels , the latter name derived from the historic Kentucky colonels...
. He appeared in one game for the Colonels, on June 15, 1889 as an outfielder
Outfielder
Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in baseball farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder...
. His brother, Bill Traffley
Bill Traffley
-Biography:Traffley was born on December 21, 1859, in Staten Island, New York. When he was 18 years old, in 1878, he played two games for the Chicago White Stockings.Traffley did not play in professional baseball for another five years, in 1883...
, also played professional baseball. He got his chance to play for the Colonels because some of the regular ballplayers were on strike.