Uniform & Team History
Ray Chapman, one of the best defensive shortstops of his era, is the only player in major-league history to be killed as a result of an in-game injury. Leading off the fifth inning of the Indians’ August 16, 1920 game against the Yankees at the Polo Grounds, Chapman was hit in the head by a pitch thrown by Carl Mays and died the next day.
Oldtime Game History
In 1994, Chad Konecky of School Sports Magazine was the first batter in the first inning of the first Oldtime Baseball Game. He made a return appearance to the game in 2000, wearing this uniform. (Throwback uniforms were not added to the game until 1998. In the ’94 debut game Konecky wore a Durham Bulls uniform, which he owned.)
Also worn by:
Eric Previte, Babson College (’98); Damian Vega, Metrowest Daily News (’99); Ben Stoll, Bucknell University (’01); Jim Cody, coach (’03); Joe Zarbano, Emerson College (alum) (’08); Patrick Gigante, coach (’09); Mike Trachtenburg, Westfield State (’10); Cameron Monagle, Matignon High School (’13); Teddy Rodliff, Stony Brook University (’16); Thomas McGaffigan, Cambridge Rindge & Latin School (’18-19); Jack Olcott, Bowdoin College (’22); Mike Savino, City College of New York (’23-24).