Newt Fisher

Newt Fisher
Fisher with Nashville in 1902
Catcher
Born: June 28, 1871
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Died: February 28, 1947(1947-02-28) (aged 75)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 17, 1898, for the Philadelphia Phillies
Last MLB appearance
July 1, 1898, for the Philadelphia Phillies
MLB statistics
Batting average.115
Home runs0
Runs batted in0
Teams
A black and white photograph of seventeen men sitting in three rows on the ground. Most are wearing dark coats with high white socks, but two are wearing dark baseball uniforms with a white "N" on the chests; some are wearing fielding gloves, and one is petting a dog.
Fisher owned, managed, and played for the 1901 Nashville Baseball Club, champions of the Southern Association.

Isaac Newton "Ike" "Newt" Fisher (June 28, 1871 – February 28, 1947) was an American Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League in 1898. Fisher helped organize the Southern Association, a higher-level minor league, and led its Nashville Baseball Club to win the first two Southern Association pennants (1901 and 1902) as a player-manager.