Doc Wiseman

Julius Augustus "Doc" Wiseman (May 15, 1878 - April 3, 1953) was an American baseball player. He played for several minor league baseball clubs, mostly the Nashville Vols.[1] He played in right field, where at Sulphur Dell there was a hill, known as "The Dump",[2] earning him the nickname "the Goat".[3] In 1901, the first season of the Southern Association, his batting average was .333.[4] He hit the winning run to win the decisive game for the Southern pennant in 1908.[5]

Doc Wiseman
Right field
Born: (1878-05-15)May 15, 1878
Cincinnati, Ohio
Died: April 3, 1953(1953-04-03) (aged 74)
Cincinnati, Ohio
Teams
Nashville Vols

References
  1. "Doc Wiseman Minor Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.
  2. O'Neal, Bill (1994). The Southern League: Baseball in Dixie, 1885-1994. Eakin Press. ISBN 9780890159521 – via Google Books.
    - "MiLB Article | Sounds". webcache.googleusercontent.com.
    - Kentuckians are Different. Louisville: The Standard Press. 1938 – via Internet Archive.
  3. Groebner, Mary. "25 attend Northwest Chapter meeting in Portland". Society for American Baseball Research.
  4. Nipper, Skip (2007). Baseball in Nashville. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738543918 – via Google Books.
  5. Simpson, John A. (2007). The Greatest Game Ever Played In Dixie, p. 62
    - Traughber, Bill (June 13, 2011). "Looking Back: Greatest Game Played In The South". Minor League Baseball.
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