Dude Esterbrook

Dude Esterbrook
Dude Esterbrook
	Third baseman
	Born: June 20, 1857; Staten Island, New York, U.S.
	Died: April 20, 1901 (aged 43); Middletown, New York, U.S.
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
	May 1, 1880, for the Buffalo Bisons
Last MLB appearance
	July 22, 1891, for the Brooklyn Grooms
MLB 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

^ Baseball-Reference player page
^ SABR Biography – Chicken Wolf
^ "OLD-TIME BALL PLAYER DEAD.; T.G. Esterbrook, Who Played with the Metropolitans, Injured by Jumping from a Train". The New York Times. May 1, 1901. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
^ 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

[1] Baseball-Reference player page

[2] SABR Biography – Chicken Wolf

[3] "OLD-TIME BALL PLAYER DEAD.; T.G. Esterbrook, Who Played with the Metropolitans, Injured by Jumping from a Train". The New York Times. May 1, 1901. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 4, 2024.

[4] Baseball Almanac player page

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