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I've created this cache to share with you the tragic story of Ed Delahanty.
Given he was an American baseball player, it isn't surprising that you probably have never heard of him. But even amongst baseball fans in the USA, Ed and his story are not well known. That is mainly down to the era in which he played (from 1888-1903). The "modern era" of baseball is generally considered to have started in 1901, and players from the early 20th century, such as Ty Cobb, are well-known to baseball fans. But players from the 19th century are virtually unknown. Ed was arguably the best hitter of his generation. He won a batting title in each league, batted over .400 three times, and has the fifth-highest career batting average in MLB history. He is one of only 16 players who ever hit 4 home runs in a single game - a feat even more impressive when you consider during that time the ball was dead and the fences far.
It was only when Ed was immortalized in song (more on that later) that I became aware of him and his tragic story.
After 14 years with the Phillies in the National League, following the 1901 season, he jumped to the start-up American League, and in his first season as a member of the Washington Senators, he won the AL batting title.
But playing for the hapless Senators wasn’t much fun, and Big Ed was starting to come unglued by booze and betting on the horses. When he got too far in debt, he begged his teammates for money and threatened to kill himself if they didn’t help out.
In July of 1903, the Senators rolled into Detroit to take on the Tigers. On July 2nd, they lost 1-0 to fall to 16-43. Delahanty had had enough. Hoping to get back into the National League and hoping to see his estranged wife, he took a train bound for New York.
It was a long train ride from Detroit to NYC, and Big Ed decided to down five shots of whiskey. The liquor made him uncontrollable. He crashed into an emergency tool cabinet, breaking the glass, then began threatening passengers with a razor. Finally, the conductor decided to stop the train near Niagara Falls before crossing into the US. He told Delahanty to not make trouble because he was still in Canada. The drunken Delahanty slurred, “I don’t care whether I’m in Canada or dead.”
He then decided to walk across the International Falls Rail Bridge, where he was accosted by night watchman Sam Kingston. The ballplayer and the constable got into a scuffle, which must have been horrifying high above the river. Delahanty escaped Kingston’s grasp, and either fell or jumped into the river below (Kingston testified that it was too dark to determine exactly what happened.)
Some people blamed Kingston of murder. But most people think that one of the greatest ballplayers of all time simply made a bad drunken decision. His body was found a week later at the base of Niagara Falls. He was 35 years old.
"What good's it do to question death when it makes a bad call?
But I don't think he killed himself
I think some strange notion drew him to Niagara Falls
Across the curve of day and night
Like the perfect arch of a high fly ball"
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