Sim Bullas
Sim Bullas | |||
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Catcher | |||
Born: January 1863 England | |||
Died: January 14, 1908 44–45) Cleveland, Ohio, United States | (aged|||
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MLB debut | |||
May 2, 1884, for the Toledo Blue Stockings | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
June 23, 1884, for the Toledo Blue Stockings | |||
MLB statistics | |||
At bats | 45 | ||
RBI | 0 | ||
Home runs | 0 | ||
Batting average | .089 | ||
Teams | |||
Simeon Edward Bullas (January 1, 1863 – January 14, 1908), also known as Sim Bullas was an American professional baseball player who played catcher in the American Association for the 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings.
Bullas was born in Cleveland[1] on January 1, 1863.[2] As a teenager, he won notice playing for the Malleables and the Shamrocks, two Cleveland amateur teams. He signed with a minor league team in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1883, and played for minor league teams in Oil City, Pennsylvania; Hamilton, Ontario; and Newcastle, Delaware. He made his major league debut with the Toledo Blue Stockings, but left after a year to play for the Chattanooga Lookouts.[1]
Bullas left baseball in 1887 and began working in a foundry in Cleveland, Ohio, owned by British industrialist Francis Ley. In 1892, Ley sent Bullas to the United Kingdom to catch for the Derby County Baseball Club, the first professional baseball team organized in that country. After a single season there, he returned to Cleveland. In 1893, former professional baseball players in Cleveland organized a one-off team to play against other retired veterans in other cities. Bullas was loaned to the "old leaguers" team from Detroit, Michigan, who lacked a catcher.[1]
From 1890 until his death, Bullas worked as a stagehand and ticket takers at the Euclid Avenue Opera House in Cleveland.[1]
Sim Bullas died of pneumonia[2] at his home in Cleveland on January 14, 1908.[3] He was buried in Woodland Cemetery in Cleveland.[2]
External links
- 1 2 3 4 "Star Catches In Old Days". The Plain Dealer. January 19, 1908. p. 13.
- 1 2 3 Chambers, Gail (Spring 2016). "Professional Baseball Players Buried in Woodland Cemetery" (PDF). Woodland Guardian. pp. 10–11. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
- ↑ "Sim Bullas Is Dead". The Plain Dealer. January 15, 1908. p. 6.
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)