Baseball Reference lists “Pearson” as a pitcher for the Minneapolis Millers in the Northwestern League in 1884.
Edward Pool Pearson’s professional career was brief and ended dramatically.
Born in Waterloo, New York in 1859, Pearson attended Hobart College, where he studied mathematics.
He pitched three seasons with the Hobart team—his battery mate there was James Adelbert McCauley, who also made his professional debut with the Millers in 1884, and went on to play with the St. Louis Browns, Buffalo Bisons, Chicago White Stockings and Brooklyn Grays in the National League and American Association.
jim McCauley, Pearson’s teammate at Hobart and with Minneapolis
Pearson was 5-7 with a 1.54 ERA in 13 appearances with the Millers when he took the mound to pitch against the Milwaukee Brewers on August 7. According to The Associated Press:
“Pearson, the pitcher for the Minneapolis Club, while delivering the ball, broke his arm above the elbow. It broke with a snapping sound that could be heard all over the diamond, the ball rolling along the grass to the Captain’s line. Pearson uttered a loud cry of pain and fell to the ground. He was immediately carried to a doctor’s office, where the broken bone was set…The accident will necessitate his retirement from the diamond, as he has no desire to ever play ball again.”
After the injury he returned to Hobart, graduated in 1885 and received a Master’s Degree in 1889. Pearson died in 1932.
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