Charlie Householder
{{Short description|American baseball player (1854–1913)}}
{{For|the Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies baseball player|Charlie Householder (utility player)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Charlie Householder
|position=First baseman/Catcher
|image=
|bats=Left
|throws=Left
|birth_date= {{birth date|1854|2|08}}
|birth_place=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
|death_date= {{death date and age|1913|9|3|1854|2|08}}
|death_place=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate= May 2
|debutyear= 1882
|debutteam= Baltimore Orioles
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate= October 15
|finalyear= 1884
|finalteam= Brooklyn Atlantics
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Batting average
|stat1value=.248
|stat2label=Home runs
|stat2value=4
|stat3label=RBIs
|stat3value=0
|teams=
- Baltimore Orioles ({{mlby|1882}})
- Brooklyn Atlantics ({{mlby|1884}})
|highlights=
}}
Charles W. Householder (February 8, 1854 – September 3, 1913) was an American Major League Baseball played mainly as a first baseman and catcher for the Baltimore Orioles in {{baseball year|1882}} and the Brooklyn Atlantics in {{baseball year|1884}}.{{cite web| title = Charlie Householder's career statistics | work = baseball-reference.com | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/housech02.shtml | access-date = 2016-08-20 }}
Career
On July 18, 1882, pitcher Tony Mullane of the Louisville Eclipse, normally a right-handed pitcher, began to pitch left-handed whenever a Baltimore Oriole left-handed hitter would come to bat. This strategy appeared to work until the ninth inning when left-handed hitting Charlie Householder hit a home run to win the game for the Orioles.{{Cite book| title = A Stitch in Time: A Baseball Chronology (Third Ed.) by Gene Elston, pg. 192 | isbn = 9781931823333 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e2XTiZwdp0AC&pg=RA1-PA192 | access-date = 2007-12-01 | last1 = Elston | first1 = Gene | year = 2006 }}
For the {{baseball year|1883}} season, Householder signed with and was playing for the Merrits of Camden, New Jersey, when Charlie Byrne of fellow league team, the Brooklyn Grays bought his contract, along with other Merrits Sam Kimber, Bill Greenwood, Frank Fennelly, and Jack Corcoran. He finished out the year and transitioned with the team over to the American Association, where they would be known as the Atlantics.{{Cite book| title = Long Before the Dodgers: Baseball in Brooklyn, 1855-1884 By James L. Terry, pg. 128 | isbn = 9780786412297 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H4qOXgcdTaUC&pg=PA128 | access-date = 2007-12-01 | last1 = Terry | first1 = James L. | date = 20 March 2002 }}
On October 4, 1884, Householder collected two of the Atlantics four hits off Tony Mullane, this time of the Toledo Blue Stockings, a single and a double. The game went 10 innings and was called because of darkness, ending in a 0-0 tie, with Atlantic pitcher Sam Kimber recording the first extra-inning no-hitter.{{Cite book| title = The Dodgers Encyclopedia by William F. McNeil, pg. 296 | isbn = 9781582613161 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aKQ3CQYbYXkC&pg=PA296 | access-date = 2007-12-01 | last1 = McNeil | first1 = William | date = September 2000 }}
Householder died in his hometown of Philadelphia at the age of 59, and is interred at Mount Vernon Cemetery in Philadelphia.{{cite web| title = Charlie Householder's career statistics | work = retrosheet.org | url=http://retrosheet.org/boxesetc/H/Phousc102.htm | access-date = 2007-12-01 }}
References
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External links
{{Portal|Biography}}
{{Baseballstats | br=h/housech02 | fangraphs=1006053|brm=househ002cha}}
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Category:19th-century baseball players
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Category:Baltimore Orioles (AA) players
Category:Brooklyn Atlantics (AA) players
Category:Springfield (minor league baseball) players
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