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1902 right 8 october 1952 bachelor , ohio cowden , illinois 1902 april 26 0 -- 0 9.00 0 pitcher st. louis cardinals win-loss record earned run average strikeouts april 26 28 october 1877 joe adams -lrb- baseball -rrb-
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joe adams -lrb- baseball -rrb-

joseph edward `` wagon tongue '' adams -lrb- october 28 , 1877 -- october 8 , 1952 -rrb- was a major league baseball player and minor league manager .
he was also known as `` old wagon tongue . ''
a 6 ' 0 '' pitcher from cowden , illinois , adams appeared in one game for the st. louis cardinals on april 26 , 1902 , at the age of 24 .
he pitched four innings and allowed nine hits .
he also walked two players , hit another , and gave up six runs -lrb- four earned -rrb- , resulting in a career era of 9.00 .
adams also had two at-bats , but did not reach base either time .
adams also played semi-pro baseball in both illinois and iowa .
he later served as a minor league manager , and in 1911 managed future hall of famer ray schalk in his first professional season with the taylorville christians .
adams had previously managed the pana coal miners in 1907 and the shelbyville queen citys in 1908 , both in the eastern illinois league .
according to the 1908 spalding guide , adams was the `` godfather '' of the eastern illinois league , which began in 1907 in pana .
besides shalk , other baseball figures adams was associated with included hall of famer frank chance and minor leaguers bert king and dick kinsella .
by 1932 adams owned a restaurant in jackson , missouri .
adams died in montgomery city , missouri at the age of 74 and is currently buried at myers cemetery in herrick , illinois .
adams ' nickname of `` wagon tongue '' has been regarded by multiple baseball writers as one of baseball 's all time great nicknames .
