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About Lipman E Pike
LIPMAN "LIP" PIKE Sport: Baseball Inducted: 1985 Country: United States Born: May 25, 1845 in New York City Died: October 10, 1893
Accepting twenty dollars a week to play third base for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1866, Lip Pike became baseball's first professional player. Other top players soon followed suit, and within three years, the first all-pro team was born in Cincinnati.
In 1871, the National Association— the first professional league— was founded, and "Lip" Pike played and managed the N.A. Troy Haymakers, batting .351. His six-year National Association batting average was .321. His five-season National League average was .306, with 5 home runs, 36 doubles, 16 triples, and 88 RBIs.
Pike was also baseball's first homerun champion. Although the exact number of roundtrippers is not known, it is recorded that he hit six homers in one game in July 1866.
Primarily an outfielder, Pike played every position and batted and threw left-handed. His career spanned the years 1865 to 1887, as a player, player-manager, or managing numerous teams in six different leagues. Among his teams were the Brooklyn Atlantics, Philadelphia Athletics, Lord Baltimores, Troy Haymakers, St. Louis Brown Stockings, Cincinnati Red Stockings, Hartford Nutmegs, and the original New York Mets.
Pike's athletic career was not confined to baseball. Known for his remarkable speed, he ran competitively, often running for cash purses in challenge races. He once raced and beat a famous trotting horse named "Clarence" in a 100-yard sprint (in 10 seconds flat), winning a $250 prize.
census 1850 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCT4-CY6
census 1860 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC76-38F
census 1865 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNV-3LSM
marriage https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24ZV-NC4
census 1870 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8J9-V4L
census 1880 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZCP-J7Q
census 1892 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ3B-WJ9
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Lipman E Pike's Timeline
| 1845 |
May 25, 1845
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New York, New York, NY, United States
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| 1867 |
1867
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NYC, New York, United States
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| 1868 |
1868
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NYC, New York, United States
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| 1870 |
June 13, 1870
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Brooklyn, Kings, NY, United States
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| 1893 |
October 10, 1893
Age 48
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New York, Kings, New York, United States
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Salem Fields Cemetery; Cohen Plot, #669, 775 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 11208, United States
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