John Dodge
Source: Portrait and Biographical Album, Muscatine County, Iowa, 1889, page 457
Submitted by Morris Preston


John Dodge was born on Saturday, April 27 1889, in Bolivar, Tennessee. Dodge was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 29, 1912, with the Philadelphia Phillies. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive John Dodge baseball stats page.

He was 5-11½ in height and he weighed 165. His first game: was 08-29-1912 (Age 23) and his last game was 10-05-1913

Birth Name: John Lewis Dodge, Born On: 04-27-1889 In Bolivar, Tennessee. He died On 06-19-1916 in Mobile, Alabama and is buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky

He was killed in Mobile, Alabama as a result of being struck by a cannon-speed ball pitched by Tom Rogers.

Soon, we will have this linked to a writup about his demise