| Dick Padden | |
|---|---|
 Padden in South Side Park, Chicago in 1905 | |
| Second baseman | |
| Born: September 17, 1870 Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S. | |
| Died: October 31, 1922 (aged 52) Martins Ferry, Ohio, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| July 15, 1896, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| May 2, 1905, for the St. Louis Browns | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .258 |
| Home runs | 11 |
| Runs batted in | 334 |
| Teams | |
Richard Joseph Padden (September 17, 1870 – October 31, 1922), nicknamed "Brains", was an American professional baseball player, born in Wheeling, West Virginia, who played mainly as a second baseman in Major League Baseball for nine seasons from 1896 to 1905.[1]
After playing a season and a half in the minor leagues, the right-handed infielder began his major league career for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He played three seasons in Pittsburgh, from 1896 to 1898, before playing one season for the Washington Senators in 1899. He returned to the minor leagues for the 1900 season, where he was the player-manager for the Chicago White Sox, then a minor league team. When the Chicago club entered the American League, a major league, the following season, he moved on to play one season for the St. Louis Cardinals, before becoming Captain of the St. Louis Browns from 1902 and 1905. In total, Padden played in 874 games, and collected 814 hits in 3545 at bats, for a lifetime batting average of .258. He finished in the league's top-ten finishers in being hit by pitches six times, including a league-leading 18 in 1904.
Padden's post-career activities included duties as a talent scout for the St. Louis Browns and the Washington Senators, as well a lengthy career in the flint glass industry in Ohio. After retiring, he attempted to gain the Democratic Party nomination for the 1912 mayoral race in his hometown of Martin's Ferry, Ohio. He died there, in 1922, at the age of 52 of apoplexy.
- ^ "Dick Padden". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved December 31, 2009.