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Radbourne shut out Rockford 8-0 in his first game. He went on to hit .387 as a right fielder and develop an impressive, although unrecorded, won lost record as a pitcher. By August the Rabbits were so far ahead in the league that the other teams quit, and the Northwest League folded. Radbourne and the Rabbits spent the rest of the season on tour. As a major league pitcher, Radbourne's record was 309 wins and 195 losses. | Radbourne shut out Rockford 8-0 in his first game. He went on to hit .387 as a right fielder and develop an impressive, although unrecorded, won lost record as a pitcher. By August the Rabbits were so far ahead in the league that the other teams quit, and the Northwest League folded. Radbourne and the Rabbits spent the rest of the season on tour. As a major league pitcher, Radbourne's record was 309 wins and 195 losses. | ||
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RADBOURNE, Charles Gardner. (Rochester, NY, Dec. 11, 1854-Bloomington, IL, Feb. 5, 1897). Baseball Hall of Fame member. Radbourne, called the "greatest of all nineteenth century pitchers," joined the Dubuque Rabbits BASEBALL team for the 1879 season. He earned $75 per month, twenty dollars more than he was paid to play in Peoria.
Radbourne shut out Rockford 8-0 in his first game. He went on to hit .387 as a right fielder and develop an impressive, although unrecorded, won lost record as a pitcher. By August the Rabbits were so far ahead in the league that the other teams quit, and the Northwest League folded. Radbourne and the Rabbits spent the rest of the season on tour. As a major league pitcher, Radbourne's record was 309 wins and 195 losses.