Daniel Denison Bickham (October 31, 1864 – August 13, 1951) was a
pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...
for
Major League Baseball
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in the 19th century. He played for the 1886
Cincinnati Red Stockings
The Cincinnati Red Stockings of were baseball's first all-professional team, with ten salaried players. The Cincinnati Base Ball Club formed in 1866 and fielded competitive teams in the National Association of Base Ball Players (NABBP) 1867– ...
. He started one game for the Red Stockings, he won the game by pitching a complete game where he allowed 13 hits and 11 runs, though only 3 were earned. He never appeared in a Major League game again. He played college baseball at
Princeton University
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.
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1864 births
1951 deaths
Baseball players from Dayton, Ohio
19th-century baseball players
Cincinnati Red Stockings (AA) players
Princeton University alumni
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