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Chicken Wolf
Given Name: William Van Winkle
1862-1903

OF-SS-1B-C 1882-92 Louisville , St. Louis
Manager in 1889 Louisville ,
  • Led League in ba 1890

GamesAverageHRRBI
Career 1198.29017206

Wins-LossesWinning %
Manager 15-51.227

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Wolf, who played right field for Louisville throughout the American Association's ten years as a major league, is considered to have been one of the AA's best outfielders. Normally a solid but unspectacular hitter, he erupted in 1890 to lead the AA (which had been weakened by defections to the upstart Players' League) with a .363 batting average, 197 hits, and 260 total bases. (FIC)
FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY
» June 24th, 1889: Louisville owner Mordecai Davidson resigns as team manager, giving doorkeeper Buck McKinney the title. Actual on-the-field authority remains in the hands of captain Chicken Wolf.