As versatile as they came, McAllister switch-hit and played every position at least seven times. He was a .300 batter with the Tigers in 1901, the first American League season. (JK)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » July 15, 1900: At Detroit, Tigers manager Tommy Burns, afraid the crowd would injure umpire Joe Cantillon after the previous day's hostilities, refuses to let him work, and the game is forfeited to Cleveland. But Indians manager Jim McAleer agrees to play using reserve player Sport McAllister as the ump, and Detroit wins, 6–1.