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Harry Staley

Harry Staley, American baseball player (died 1910)

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Born
November 3, 1866
Died
January 12, 1910
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1866

About Harry Staley

Henry Eli Staley was an American professional baseball player who pitched in the major leagues from 1888 to 1895. He played for the Boston Beaneaters, Pittsburgh Alleghenys/Pirates, Pittsburgh Burghers, and St. Louis Browns. On June 1, 1893, in a game against the Louisville Colonels, Staley had nine runs batted in, a record for most RBIs in a game by a pitcher. The record stood for over 70 years until equaled by Atlanta Braves pitcher Tony Cloninger in 1966.

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Harry Staley timeline

  1. On June 1, 1893, in a game against the Louisville Colonels, Staley had nine runs batted in, a record for most RBIs in a game by a pitcher.
  2. The record stood for over 70 years until equaled by Atlanta Braves pitcher Tony Cloninger in 1966.

The world when Harry Staley was born

Harry Staley was born in 1866. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1866

  • Best-selling bookCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineReconstruction era begins in the South
  • Technology milestoneTransatlantic telegraph cable successfully laid
  • World population~1.46B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderAndrew Johnson
  • U.S. population34.0M

1866 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Harry Staley's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18662026
Population34.0M341 million

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