finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1894 switch 24 october 1912 altoona , pennsylvania chambersburg , pennsylvania 1883 september 30 221 .286 172 right fielder/second baseman washington senators games played batting average runs scored june 12 16 april 1867 piggy ward
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piggy ward

frank gray `` piggy '' ward -lrb- april 16 , 1867 in chambersburg , pennsylvania -- october 24 , 1912 in altoona , pennsylvania and was buried in cedar grove cemetery , chambersburg , pa -rrb- , was a professional baseball player who played as an outfielder in the major leagues from 1883 to 1894 .
he played for the pittsburgh pirates , baltimore orioles , cincinnati reds , washington senators , and philadelphia phillies .
ward shares with earl d. averill the mlb record of the most consecutive plate appearances resulting in officially getting on base -lrb- through either a walk , a base hit or being hit by a pitch -rrb- in major league history .
from june 16 to june 19 in 1893 , ward officially reached base a record 17 times in 17 consecutive plate appearances , getting 8 hits , drawing 8 walks and being hit by a pitch once .
ward also holds the record for the youngest non-pitcher to play in the national league , when he made his debut in 1883 aged 16 years , 1 month and 27 days in 1883 .
