As something of a followup to the post on Orval Overall, I decided to look up the number of players on the 1910 Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Athletics who attended college. Here’s the list I found. I don’t guarantee it’s complete:
Chicago:
Overall, Ginger Beaumont, Ed Reulbach, Frank Chance. There is some dispute as to whether Chance ever actually attended college or not.
Philadelphia:
Harry Davis, Jack Barry, Eddie Collins, Morrie Rath, Heinie Heitmuller, Eddie Plank, Chief Bender, Jack Coombs
Not all these players graduated. There is some dispute about Plank. He apparently attended the prep school that went with Gettysburg College and played on the college baseball team, but sources vary on whether he ever actually took classes at the college. Heitmuller had left the team prior to the World series.
So it’s not that long a list, but longer than I expected.
Tags: Chief Bender, college men, Ed Reulbach, Eddie Collins, Eddie Plank, Ginger Beaumont, Harry Davis, Heinie Heitmuller, Jack Barry, Jack Coombs, Morrie Rath, Orva Overall
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