finalyear death_date death_place bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1891 25 january 1939 warren , illinois left gratiot , wisconsin 1878 october 2 .288 1202 813 left fielder milwaukee brewers batting average hits runs may 1 9 september 1857 abner dalrymple.png abner dalrymple
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abner dalrymple

abner frank dalrymple -lrb- september 9 , 1857 -- january 25 , 1939 -rrb- was an american left fielder in major league baseball who hit 43 home runs -lrb- including 22 in 1884 , the second-highest total to that date -rrb- and batted .288 during his 12-season career spent primarily with the chicago white stockings .
born in gratiot , wisconsin , he played for the milwaukee grays , white stockings , pittsburgh alleghenys , and milwaukee brewers .
dalrymple started his major league career in 1878 with the national league 's milwaukee grays , and that season , he had a career-high .354 batting average .
he spent the next eight seasons with the chicago white stockings , for whom he starred as the leadoff hitter on five nl pennant winners .
in 1880 , dalrymple led the league in hits -lrb- 126 -rrb- and runs scored -lrb- 91 -rrb- .
in 1881 , he became the first batter known to be given an intentional walk with the bases loaded .
he hit four doubles in a game in 1883 , which still ties him for the major league record .
in 1884 , aided by the short right field fence at his home park , dalrymple hit a career-high 22 home runs and moved into sixth place on the all-time home run list .
on the strength of 11 home runs for the 1885 champions , he moved up one place .
for the remainder of his career , he hit only six home runs .
his hitting declined in 1886 , and his major league career ended five years later .
dalrymple died in warren , illinois at age 81 .
