Jack Humphries
Remember Mathewson, Ames, and Donlin,Buck Ewing, Rusie, Smiling Mickey Welch?Remember a left-handed catcher named Jack Humphries,Who sometimes played the outfield, in ’83? — From Rolfe Humphries, “Polo Grounds.”1 By the usual baseball benchmarks Jack Humphries’ major-league career was the definition of forgettable: backup catcher with the New York Gothams and the Washington Nationals in […]