Dan Daub Explained

Dan Daub
Birth Date:12 January 1868
Birth Place:Middletown, Ohio, U.S.
Death Place:Bradenton, Florida, U.S.
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:August 31
Debutyear:1892
Debutteam:Cincinnati Reds
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:July 1
Finalyear:1897
Finalteam:Brooklyn Bridegrooms
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Win–loss record
Stat2label:Earned run average
Stat3label:Strikeouts
Stat1value:45–52
Stat2value:4.75
Stat3value:185
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Daniel William Daub (January 12, 1868 – March 25, 1951) was a 19th-century Major League Baseball pitcher born in Middletown, Ohio. After attending and playing baseball for Denison University,[1] he played for the Cincinnati Reds in and with the Brooklyn Grooms/Bridegrooms from through .[2]

The New York Times reported on December 22, 1895, that Dan was among approximately 20 men who stoned and fired shotguns, also known as whitecapping, upon the home of Mrs. Wescoe of Hamilton, Ohio. Daub, who passes his winters in Mintonville, Ohio, was also among those that had warrants issued for his arrest.[3]

After his playing career was over, Dan became the coach of the Ohio Wesleyan University baseball team, a post he held for the season,[4] then he resigned before the following season. His replacement was a ballplayer named Branch Rickey, who was recently ruled ineligible to play college ball due to his prior professional baseball career.[5] Daub died at the age of 83 in Bradenton, Florida, and is interred at Hickory Flats Cemetery in Overpeck, Ohio.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: An Early History of Lambda Deuteron Chapter at Denison University . by Max B. Norpell (Denison 1912) . 2008-01-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071114200551/http://www.phigam.org/history/Magazine/Denison.htm . 2007-11-14 . dead .
  2. Web site: Dan Daub's Stats . retrosheet.org . 2008-01-16 .
  3. News: Daub Accused of Whitecapping . The New York Times, December 22, 1895 . 2008-01-16 . December 22, 1895.
  4. Web site: Ohio Wesleyan: Battling Bishops, 2007 Season, pg. 23 . bishops.owu.edu . 2008-01-16 .
  5. Book: Branch Rickey: Baseball's Ferocious Gentleman, pgs 21 & 22 . by Lee Lowenfish, Inc NetLibrary . 978-0803211032 . 2008-01-16 . Lowenfish . Lee . January 2007 . U of Nebraska Press .