Nick Reeder
{{Short description|American baseball player (1867–1894)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Nick Reeder
|position=Third baseman
|image=Nick Reeder.jpg
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1867|3|22|mf=y}}
|birth_place=Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1894|9|26|1867|3|22}}
|death_place=Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=April 11
|debutyear=1891
|debutteam=Louisville Colonels
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=April 11
|finalyear=1891
|finalteam=Louisville Colonels
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Games played
|stat1value=1
|stat2label=Batting average
|stat2value=.000
|stat3label=Runs scored
|stat3value=0
|teams=
- Louisville Colonels ({{mlby|1891}})
}}
Nicholas Reeder (born Nicholas Herchenroeder; March 22, 1867 – September 26, 1894) was an American professional baseball player. He played one game for the Louisville Colonels of the major-league American Association in 1891.
Biography
Reeder was born in 1867 in Louisville, Kentucky. Detail of his early years is lacking. Baseball records, which are incomplete for the era, show that Reeder played professionally during 1890 in the Indiana State League, for the Bluffton and Muncie teams.{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=reeder001nic |title=Nick Reeder Minor Leagues Statistics |website=Baseball-Reference.com |accessdate=March 23, 2024}}
Reeder is primarily known for his one appearance in a major-league game. On April 11, 1891, playing for the Louisville Colonels, Reeder pinch hit for Tim Shinnick and then remained in the game as third baseman, going 0-for-2 in the game.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8BUqDwAAQBAJ&q=Nick+Reeder+baseball+death+1894&pg=PA327 |title=Major League Baseball Profiles, 1871-1900, Volume 2: The Hall of Famers and Memorable Personalities Who Shaped the Game |page=327 |first=David |last=Nemec |date=September 1, 2011 |publisher=University of Nebraska Press |isbn=9780803235328 |via=Google Books}} That season, he also played for Fort Wayne of the Northwestern League and Marinette of the Wisconsin State League.
In 1892, Reeder played 17 games for Spokane of the Pacific Northwest League. He appears to have played semi-professionally in 1893 for a team based in Louisville,{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-seattle-post-intelligencer-gossip-of/144002986/ |title=Gossip of baseball |newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |page=3 |date=April 3, 1893 |accessdate=March 23, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}} and also worked as an umpire that season.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lexington-herald-leader-notes-of-the-gam/144004280/ |title=Notes of the Game |newspaper=Lexington Herald-Leader |location=Lexington, Kentucky |page=5 |date=September 10, 1893 |accessdate=March 23, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}} In 1894, Reeder played for Peoria of the Western Association. A report in the Lexington Herald-Leader indicates he was playing for a team based in Georgetown, Kentucky, in early August 1894.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lexington-herald-leader-paris-beaten/144003588/ |title=Paris Beaten |newspaper=Lexington Herald-Leader |location=Lexington, Kentucky |page=7 |date=August 5, 1894 |accessdate=March 23, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}
Reeder died in Louisville on September 26, 1894, at age 27, while still an active player. His death was reportedly caused by "brain fever".{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UyUNlDsfSaYC&q=Nick+Reeder+baseball+death+1894&pg=PA247 |title=Early Exits: The Premature Endings of Baseball Careers |page=247 |first=Brian |last=McKenna |date=November 9, 2007 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=9780810858589 |via=Google Books}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-a-ball-player-dead/144002684/ |title=A Ball Player Dead |newspaper=The Leaf-Chronicle |location=Clarksville, Tennessee |page=4 |date=September 28, 1894 |accessdate=March 23, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}} He was buried in Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville.{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/R/Preedn101.htm |title=Nick Reeder |website=Retrosheet |accessdate=March 23, 2024}}
References
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External links
{{Baseballstats |br=r/reedeni01 |brm=reeder001nic |retro=R/Preedn101}}
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Category:Baseball players from Louisville, Kentucky
Category:Major League Baseball third basemen
Category:Louisville Colonels players
Category:19th-century baseball players
Category:19th-century American sportsmen
Category:19th-century baseball umpires
Category:Spokane Bunchgrassers players
Category:Peoria Distillers players
Category:Marinette (minor league baseball) players