Lawrence Howard Douglas (June 5, 1890 – November 4, 1949) was a
Major League Baseball
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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 ...
who played for the
Baltimore Terrapins
The Baltimore Terrapins were one of the most successful teams in the short-lived Federal League of professional baseball from to , but their brief existence led to litigation that led to an important legal precedent in baseball. The team played i ...
of the
Federal League
The Federal League of Base Ball Clubs, known simply as the Federal League, was an American professional baseball league that played its first season as a minor league in 1913 and operated as a "third major league", in competition with the e ...
in . He also played in the
minor leagues
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in 1915 and with the
Martinsburg Champs and the
Wheeling Stogies
The Wheeling Stogies was a minor league baseball team based in Wheeling, West Virginia, that played under several different names at various times between 1877 and 1934. They played mostly in the Central League (baseball), Central League and the Mi ...
.
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1890 births
1949 deaths
Baltimore Terrapins players
Martinsburg Champs players
Wheeling Stogies players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Baseball players from Tennessee
People from Jellico, Tennessee
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