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| Keywords: Radbourn Stone and Plaque 811210.JPG I took this photo on December 10 1981 The plaque at that time was badly corroded It has since been restored and I re-photographed it on November 25 2005 The plaque reads Charles Old Hoss Radbourne 1854-1897 A Bloomington man who became one of the greatest baseball pitchers of all time Selected by over two hundred baseball authorities to be one of the immortals of baseball and to have his name and record placed in the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown New York in the year of our Lord 1940 He was a pitcher in the National League for ten years and in the Players' League one year In eleven years of major league pitching he won 310 games and lost 191 games for a winning percentage of 619 The year 1884 saw him win 60 games and lose 12 games 60 games won remains the record for games won in the major leagues as of 1940 From August 6th 1884 to September 3rd 1884 he pitched and won 18 consecutive games for Providence Rhode Island in the National League During this year 1884 he struck out 411 men On July 25th 1883 he hurled a no hit game against Cleveland His record for the three best years of his pitching career 1882 1883 and 1884 reads 147 wins and 56 losses No pitcher has equaled this record of wins in his best three years Erected as a tribute to an illustrious son of Bloomington Illinois by a group of baseball fans in the year of our Lord 1941 Transferred from http //en wikipedia org en wikipedia; transfer was stated to be made by User Baseball Bugs 2005-09-27 Original uploader was Wahkeenah at http //en wikipedia org en wikipedia Released into the public domain by the author en wikipedia Wahkeenah Original upload log page en wikipedia Radbourn_Stone_and_Plaque_811210 JPG 2005-11-27 17 57 Wahkeenah 1347×837× 303206 bytes <nowiki>I took the photo at left on December 10 1981 I took the photo at right on November 26 2005 The plaque was restored in recent years </nowiki> 2005-09-27 23 54 Wahkeenah 1347×836× 259782 bytes <nowiki>I took this photo on December 10 1981 You will have to take my word for it that the plaque reads Charles Old Hoss Radbourne 1854-1897 A Bloomington man who became one of the greatest baseball pitchers of all time Selecte</nowiki> Baseball players Grave markers | ||||
