A large man for the Deadball Era at 6'1" and nearly 190 pounds, especially for a catcher, Howard Wakefield caught for Cleveland and Washington briefly in the early years of the 20th century. In 1907, he suffered a mysterious arm injury which ended his big league career, and he vowed that one of his four sons would one day become a baseball star. In 1941, just a few months after Howard died, his youngest son, Dick, signed a lucrative bonus contract with the Detroit Tigers.
Teams Howard Wakefield Played For
Cleveland Indians (1905) Washington Senators (1906) Cleveland Indians (1907)
Born Howard John Wakefield was born on April 2, 1884, in Bucyrus, OH.
