Charlie Hallstrom, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Charlie Hallstrom

Major League Baseball player

Date of Birth: 22-Jan-1864

Place of Birth: Jönköping, Jönköping County, Sweden

Date of Death: 06-May-1949

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Charlie Hallstrom

  • Charles E.
  • Hallstrom (January 22, 1863 – May 6, 1949), nicknamed the "Swedish Wonder", was a Swedish Major League Baseball player who pitched one game for the 1885 Providence Grays of the National League.
  • The Grays were in need of a pitcher for that days' game versus the Chicago White Stockings, and used Hallstrom, a local Chicago amateur player.
  • Hallstrom is the first of four Major League Baseball players born in Sweden.
  • He was born in Jönköping, Sweden, and died in Chicago at the age of 86.
  • He is interred at the All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines, Illinois.

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