Joe Dolan (baseball)

Joseph Dolan (February 24, 1873 – March 24, 1938) was an American professional baseball player who played 323 games over a five-season major league career between 1896 and 1901. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland and died at the age of 65 in Omaha, Nebraska.

1905 Omaha Rourkes - back row, second from the left[1]
Joseph Dolan
Shortstop
Born: (1873-02-24)February 24, 1873
Baltimore, Maryland
Died: March 24, 1938(1938-03-24) (aged 65)
Omaha, Nebraska
Batted: Unknown
Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 11, 1896, for the Louisville Colonels
Last MLB appearance
September 28, 1901, for the Philadelphia Athletics
MLB statistics
At bats1152
RBI122
Home runs6
Batting average.214
Teams

Career

Dolan played a total of 18 seasons including over 1,300 games in the minor leagues mostly at the Class A and D levels.[2] Since Major League teams didn't begin affiliating league-wide with minor leagues teams until 1932, Dolan signed various contracts as a free agent with the Louisville Colonels (1896–97), Philadelphia Phillies (1899-1901), and Philadelphia Athletics (1901).[3]

Although he'd play in 11 different minor league cities, he spent the bulk of his time, seven seasons, in Omaha where he also made his home after retiring. Interestingly, Omaha had no fewer than four nicknames during this time including the Omahogs, Indians, Rangers, and Rourkes.

After taking off a few years from baseball (he had retired in 1910), Dolan played one more season in 1913 for the Bangor Maroons at age 40. He batted .267 in 64 games (it was a 66-game season), but the league in which he played, the New Brunswick-Maine League, folded after only one season.[2]

References
  1. "Rourkes Omaha's Champions". newspapers.com. Ancestry. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  2. "Joe Dolan". baseball-reference.com. Sport Reference. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  3. "1932 Minor League Affiliations". Baseball Reference. Sport Reference. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
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