Sport McAllister

Lewis William "Sport" McAllister (July 23, 1874 – July 17, 1962) was a professional baseball player. He played seven seasons in Major League Baseball with the Cleveland Spiders (1896–1899), Detroit Tigers (1901–1903), and Baltimore Orioles (1902). He was a versatile switch hitter who played every position during his major league career. He played 147 games in the outfield, 83 at catcher, 65 at first base, 62 at shortstop, 27 at third base, and 7 at second base. He also pitched in 17 games, including 10 complete games.

Sport McAllister
McAllister from the 1906 Michiganensian
Outfielder
Born: (1874-07-23)July 23, 1874
Austin, Mississippi
Died: July 17, 1962(1962-07-17) (aged 87)
Wyandotte, Michigan
Batted: Switch Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 7, 1896, for the Cleveland Spiders
Last MLB appearance
September 29, 1903, for the Detroit Tigers
MLB statistics
Batting average.247
Home runs5
Runs batted in164
Teams

In seven major league seasons, McAllister had a .247 batting average, with 358 hits, 61 extra base hits, 32 stolen bases, and 164 RBIs. His best season was 1901, the first season of the American League as a major league. He played 90 games for the Detroit Tigers and batted .301. McAllister and Kid Elberfeld became the first .300 hitters for the Tigers.

McAllister also was the umpire in a July 15, 1900 minor league game between Cleveland and Detroit. After hostilities with the umpire the previous day, Tigers manager Tommy Burns feared that the crowd would injure umpire Joe Cantillon. Burns forfeited the game, but Cleveland manager Jimmy McAleer agreed to play using reserve player McAllister as the umpire. Detroit won 6–1.[1]

After retiring as a player, McAllister found his way to the University of Michigan and served two stints as the Wolverines' head baseball coach, in 1905-06 and again in 1908-09.

McAllister died in Wyandotte, Michigan, a southern suburb of Detroit in 1962 at age 87.

Trivia

McAllister played for the infamous 1899 Cleveland Spiders, a team with a disastrous 20-134 record, easily the worst in MLB history. He was also the last surviving member of that team,[2] dying in 1962 -- the same year the New York Mets played their inaugural season, a campaign also often referred to as the worst in baseball history.

Notes
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-06-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "List of oldest living major league players from each team - BR Bullpen". www.baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
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