Allan Travers, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Allan Travers

American baseball player

Date of Birth: 07-May-1892

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 19-Apr-1968

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Aloysius Joseph "Allan" Travers, aka Rev.
Aloysius Stanislaus Travers (May 7, 1892 – April 19, 1968) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who made a one-game appearance during the 1912 strike of the Detroit Tigers.
He is the only Catholic priest to have played major league baseball. Travers was only playing because the Detroit Tigers team had refused to play after their teammate Ty Cobb had been suspended for attacking a heckler who called him a "half-nigger" during a game against the New York Yankees at Hilltop Park three days earlier. Travers does not, as is often reported, hold the major league record for most hits or runs allowed in a game, although he does hold the major league record for earned runs in a single major league game.
The Cleveland Blues' Dave Rowe, who was primarily an outfielder, gave up 35 runs (12 earned) on 29 hits in a game played on July 24, 1882.
Travers does hold the two negative records for American League play.