Charlie Hallstrom

{{Short description|Swedish baseball player (1863–1949)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Charlie Hallstrom

| position = Pitcher

| birth_date = {{birth date|1863|1|22}}

| birth_place = Jönköping, Sweden

| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1949|5|06|1863|1|22}}

| death_place = Chicago, United States

| bats = Unknown

| throws = Unknown

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = September 23

| debutyear = 1885

| debutteam = Providence Grays

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = September 23

| finalyear = 1885

| finalteam = Providence Grays

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Win–loss record

| stat1value = 0–1

| stat2label = Earned run average

| stat2value = 11.00

| stat3label = Strikeouts

| stat3value = 2

| teams =

• Providence Grays ({{baseball year|1885}})

}}

Charles E. Hallstrom (January 22, 1863Swedish churchbook "Jönköping Sofia CI:7" – May 6, 1949), nicknamed the "Swedish Wonder", was a Swedish Major League Baseball player who pitched one game for the {{baseball year|1885}} Providence Grays of the National League.{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/H/Phallc102.htm|title=Charlie Hallstrom's career statistics|work=retrosheet.org|publisher=Retrosheet, Inc|accessdate=2009-05-26}} The Grays were in need of a pitcher for that day's game versus the Chicago White Stockings, and used Hallstrom, a local Chicago amateur player.Snyder, p. 46 Hallstrom is the first of four Major League Baseball players born in Sweden.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/Sweden_born.shtml|title=Players born in Sweden|work=baseball-reference.com|accessdate=2009-05-26}} He was born in Jönköping, Sweden, and died in Chicago at the age of 86. He is interred at the All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines, Illinois.