This is baseball before Babe Ruth. This was the era of Honus Wagner The Flying Dutchman! When I think of baseball, I think of my favorite teams slugging it out trying to win the penant. Some years are bad and some are real bad but what about the worst ever?
My first cousin 2x removed, Alfred Willard Beach (Born 1888) was a professional Baseball player. He played in the class -D minor leauge called the Washington State League located in South Bend Washington. They had a 21 week schedule and had 10 teams. The leauge had a salary cap of $850…per month and was kind of rough. In July 1910, Montesano Farmers second baseman Otto Moore was struck on the head with a baseball pitched by Harold Cross. As a result, Moore fell into a coma.
Alfred was a Shortstop with the South Bend River rats and he had a .236 batting average. …and the river Rats claim to fame? Well the 11 games they won, VS 44 losses in 1911, a .200% winning percentage, is recognized as one of the worst ever in minor league baseball history!