Question: Which Major League Baseball pitcher was one of the star players from the first decade of the 20th Century?
Sentence (from "1899 Louisville Colonels season"): The Colonels, a perennial also-ran through their National League run from 1892 to 1899, appeared to be on the cusp of becoming a strong team when the National League contracted from 12 teams to 8 after the end of the 1899 season.
Relevant evidence: No