Count Campau, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Count Campau

Major League Baseball player and manager

Date of Birth: 17-Oct-1863

Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, United States

Date of Death: 03-Apr-1938

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Charles Columbus "Count" Campau (October 17, 1863 – April 3, 1938) was an American professional baseball outfielder.
He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1888 through 1894 for the Detroit Wolverines, St.
Louis Browns, and Washington Senators.
He was the American Association's home run leader in 1890 and was also the Browns' manager for 41 games that season. Campau was also a player and sometimes a manager in minor league baseball for 19 years, including stints with the New Orleans Pelicans (1887, 1892–94, 1903), Kansas City Blues (1888, 1896, 1898), Detroit Tigers/Wolverines (1889–90, 1894–95), Seattle Yannigans/Rainmakers (1896), Grand Rapids Bob-o-links (1897), Rochester Bronchos (1899–1900), and Binghamton Bingoes (1901, 1903–05).
Although minor league records from the 1880s and 1890s are incomplete, Campau is known to have tallied at least 2,115 hits, 1,305 runs, 597 stolen bases, 157 triples, and 125 home runs in his minor league career.