Jacob Goodman (September 14, 1853 – March 9, 1890) was an American
major league baseball player
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who played for the 1877
Pittsburgh Allegheny, 1878
Milwaukee Grays
The Milwaukee Grays were a short-lived baseball team that spent one year, 1878, in the National League.
The team was part of the League Alliance, loosely affiliated with the National League, in 1877. It won 19 games and lost 13 (including a 10†...
and the 1882
Pittsburgh Alleghenys
The following is a history of the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball.
Franchise beginnings (1870s-1899) Early baseball in Pittsburgh and the American Association
The earliest mention of "base ball" in the region was found in the journal ...
.
While playing in the minor leagues in 1884, Goodman was
beaned by a pitch.
[McKenna, Brian. ''Early exits: the premature endings of baseball careers'', Rowman & Littlefield, 2007, p. 195. ] After the head trauma, he became mentally unbalanced and suffered from
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, ending his baseball career.
He died of complications related to his injury at the age of 36, on March 6, 1890.
He was Jewish.
External links
Baseball Reference
References
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1853 births
1890 deaths
Baseball players from Pennsylvania
Major League Baseball first basemen
Milwaukee Grays players
Pittsburgh Alleghenys players
19th-century baseball players
Pittsburgh Allegheny players
Rockford White Stockings players
Trenton (minor league baseball) players
Lancaster Ironsides players
Trenton Trentonians players
Baltimore Monumentals (minor league) players
Jewish American baseball players
Jewish Major League Baseball players